Time For A Change In Election Reform Proposals
In the wake of the Nov 2 general election this piece urges timely reform from merit selection of the judiciary to moving some Council of State officers to appointment. It calls for addressing voting booth issues and Electoral College reform with a nationwide runoff plan if no candidate surpasses forty percent.
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General Assembly
Council of State
U.S. Congress
Electoral College
Congress
George Wallace
House of Representatives
Arabs Face Test of Lebanon Cease Fire Unity
Washington notes the Lebanon cease fire as a test of Arab unity amid regional distrust. Despite Riyadh and Cairo talks signaling harmony, Syria and Egypt clash over Lebanon and pan Arabism. The conflict highlights persistent disunity among 100 million Arabs across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Washington
Lebanon
Riyadh
Cairo
Syria
Israel
Middle East
North Africa
Egypt
Sinai
Damascus
Anwar Sadat
Muammar Qaddafi
Sudan
Tunisia
Qaddafi
Libya
Iraq
Shifting Arab Alliances Shape Middle East Power Balance
Disputes over oil prices push Saudi Arabia and Egypt toward protective blocs while Iraq and Syria mobilize, and Morocco battles Algeria over Western Sahara. Analysts say conservative regimes gain ground as the United States seeks moderation and a comprehensive Middle East settlement.
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Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Syria
Golan Heights
Egypt
Sinai
Morocco
Algeria
Western
Sahara
Jordan
Sudan
Tunisia
Middle East
Edward R. F. Sheehan
United States
Soviet Union
Alfred L. Atherton Jr
Omaha
Fouad Ajami
Princeton
Israel
West
Desegregation Debate in Graglia’s Disaster by Decree
Washington Star Syndicate reviews Lino A. Graglia’s Disaster by Decree. The book critiques Supreme Court desegregation rulings from Brown to recent Detroit and Boston decisions, arguing the Court's activism reintroduced race as a permissible government basis and inflated federal overreach.
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Lino A. Graglia
Graglia
New Yorker
City College of New York
Columbia
Department of Justice
University of Texas Law School
Cornell University Press
Allon
Boston
Detroit
Accoun
Nuclear experts inside NRC challenge safety for plants
In a quiet revolt, 11 of 25 NRC electrical experts reject industry-aligned safety. They warn of random failures and core melt risks from designs not meeting safety standards, amid government fear of costly reactor repairs and potential energy policy upheaval.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert Pollard
NRC
McTiernan
Rusche
Ronald Fluegge
The Art Buchwald Column Where They Went Wrong
Washington punditry finds the losers after every election and asks why they blew it. In this piece George Merchantile, Archibald Blandanna, Robert Quoradis, Harlan Hathaway, Floyd Harmony, and Carlton Schmidlapp share failed strategies, gifts, tapes, or stuttering missteps as they recount campaigns and refer to missteps that cost them elections.
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Washington
George Merchantile
Carter Crawfish
Merchantile
Lizzie Poivron
Holiday Inn
Lizzie
Archibald Blandanna
Congress
Tong Pong Long
Robert Quoradis
Hustler
Family Circle
Harlan Hathaway
Earl Buzz
Hathaway
Floyd Harmony
Dutchess County
Floyd
Carlton Schmidlapp
Schmidlapp
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Mary Costello
Jas. J. Kilpatrick
Washington Star Syndicate
Warren
Brown
Supreme Court
H . Javits
Kuchel
Celler
Umpty Dumpty
High Court
Bernard Rusche
Thomas McTiernan
Seoul
Art Buchwald
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