Thoughts for Today from Isaiah and Drummond
A compact meditation juxtaposing Isaiah 1 18 19 urging repentance with William Drummond's quip on reasoning. It pairs a biblical call to renewal with a sharp summary about those who refuse to think. The tone echoes a reflective, moral-aesthetic verse brief.
Yadkin River health vs Duke Power nuclear plant plan
The piece argues that delaying approval of Duke Power's Perkins nuclear plant on the Yadkin River is prudent to protect water supply and river health. It notes the river's long exploitation for industrial growth, potential one way water loss for cooling, and the need for fact based hearings to avoid emotional debate amid worries of brownouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power Company
Yadkin River
Yadkin
High Point
Blue Ridge
Pee Dee
Duke
Perkins
Davie
Davidson
N.C. Environmental Management Commission
Campbell College eyes private law school plan
Campbell College plans to create a private law school backed by the Baptist Church, drawing comparisons to ECU medical school. Critics note state law schools graduate more lawyers than needed and question the venture for a small, formerly junior college with limited status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell College
Baptist Church
East Carolina University Medical School
ECU
Campbell
Norman Wiggins
North Carolina
The
Probing Jung 100 Years On His Life and Beliefs
A retrospective on Carl Jung born 1875 in Basel and his impact on psychiatry. The article notes his break with Freud over sexual theory, his interest in mythology and spirituality, and his influence on generations of scholars. It also includes a quote from Doneld Berreth on polio vaccine progress.
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Carl Gustav Jung
Basel
Switzerland
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
Jung
Freud
Doneld Berreth
The
Communicable Disease Center
A World Edgewise Portugal's Events In Light Of History
A professor reflects on aging in academia as 1960s and 1970s student protests mix with the illusion of eternal youth. He notes middle aged professors mimicking students, the rise of the Ponce de Leon Complex, and student reactions to perceived generational sovereignty and moralism. The piece hints at deeper embitterment within the academic ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Ponce de Leon
A.S.S
Reischstag Fire Technique and Salami Tactic in Global Politics
A columnist explains the Reichstag Fire Technique the Stalinist Polish Ploy and the Salami Tactic, detailing their origins and currents uses in 1930s Germany, postwar Poland, Vietnam, and today in Portugal. The piece frames how external and internal pressures foster fear, emergency powers, and factional slicing of political opposition.
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Reichtag
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
van ‘der Lubbe
Hitler
Germany
Ghandi
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Middle East
Israel
South Vietnam
People’s Revolutionary
Saigon
Portugal
Boris Ponomarev
Communist International
Coalitions, Conspiracies in Coast Guard Rockwell Bid
Washington exposes alleged noncompetitive Coast Guard procurement favoring Rockwell Intl for a $500 million fleet of 41 medium range patrol planes. Memo evidence, bid rigging, and whistleblower pressure surround Adm. Owen Siler and Adm. Chester Bender as Rep. Murphy threatens to expose the arrangement. Additional notes cover grain firm monopolies in federal nutrition programs and a Navajo coal gasification dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast Guard
Rockwell International
Congress
John Murphy
D.-N.y
House Coast Guard
U.S
Grumman
Rep. Murphy
Falcon Jet
Gates
Lear Jet
Cessna
Department of Transportation
Rockwell
Murphy
Adm
Chester Bender
Owen Siler
Is Britain really going down the drain asks a U S observer
The Art Buchwald column mocks London panic over economic woes and strikes. He notes inflation, Labour tensions, and oil in the North Sea while mocking American views and British self-doubt. The piece ends with a jab at Eric Sevareid for calling Britain sleepwalking toward oblivion.
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London
Britain
Wimbledon
England
BBC
Harold Wilson
Wilson
North Sea
Eric Sevareid
America
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Joe Brown
William Drummond
Campbell’s Law School
Ewen Cameron
World Congress of Psychiatry
India
Mea Culpa
United States
Czech
Spain
Stalin
Lublin
Tervention
Communist Party
U.S.S.R
Lisbon
Agriculture Department
General Accounting Office
Krause Milling Co
Milwaukee
Seek Grain Co
Danville
James Schlick
Agriculture
Lauhoff
Krause
Schlick
Bella Abzug
D.N.Y
House
Red China
China
Department of Interior
Jacques Cousteau
Interior
Cousteau
National Indian Youth Council
Art Buchwald