Editorial favors casino jobs for Louisiana towns
The editorial argues that Louisiana will benefit from casino gambling as Gov. Edwards signs a bill permitting a New Orleans casino. It contends casinos can create jobs, boost tourism, and stimulate growth to counter unemployment, suggesting New Orleans is positioned to lead in casino expansion beyond other major cities.
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Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
New Orleans
Crescent City
Houston
Dallas
French Quarter
Nevada
Atlantic City
N.J
Chicago
Good dads earn homage on Father's Day plea
A reflection on Father’s Day notes commercialism and stresses the duties of fatherhood. It urges honoring responsible dads who provide support, guidance, and care despite work pressures and financial strains, while acknowledging failing fathers and social issues.
Thoughts, musings, jokes quietly collected for readers
A mixed batch of quotes and wry comments on honesty, vacationing clergy, learning, dining deals, media manipulation, and DIY culture that echo a reflective, lightly humorous tone. Notable lines include Hawthorne on faces, Mann on mastering a subject, Moyers on producers, and general curiosities about repairs and ingenuity.
Closing our eyes to crime in a complacent era
Tom Tiede laments rising crime tolerance and argues that public indifference harms deterrence. He cites ticket fixing, dropped charges, and officials steering arrest details from press. The column links Rodney King unrest and Chicago NBA celebrations to a broader decline in moral standards.
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Tom Tiede
The
Star
Sherri Brown
Los Angeles
Rodney King
Chicago
Chicago Bulls
Crime and Politics Blur in Washington a Personal View
A Washington writer recalls a sidewalk mugging near Capitol Hill and links crime to national politics. He cites FBI and Justice Department figures showing rising murders, rapes and property crimes, notes tough talk from Clinton Bush and Perot, and argues crime has become a routine, partisan issue with little real policy leverage.
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L.A
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Ross Perot
Justice Department
FBI
United States
Vietnam
Korea
New York
Capitol Hill
White House
Washington
Willie Horton
Budget cut talks show hollow support for balanced budget
The House rejected a balanced budget amendment by a nine vote margin, leaving deficit discipline to current leaders and the public. Clinton offers partial plans, Bush pushes delusional no-tax balance, Perot wavers, Panetta hints at a concrete deficit plan, testing whether supporters will act with real consequence.
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House of Representatives
Congress
House
Leon Panetta
Is PURPLE a noun or an adjective in English usage
The column explains PURPLE started as an adjective in Old English and has functioned as a noun since the 14th century with phrases like royal purple. It cites purple prose and The Color Purple and invites reader questions to the Daily Star column.
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Alice Walker
Jeffrey McQuain
The
Daily Star
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Art Graziano
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