Posturing Aims To Preserve Diplomacy In Cold War
The piece argues that Reagan's Salt II stance is a diplomatic safety valve. It suggests that delaying moves toward arms buildups reduces the risk of war while allowing room for negotiation. Posturing is seen as wiser than saber rattling and as a way to buy time for cooling tensions.
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Ronald Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
Forgotten street people fade as warm weather comes
The piece laments how street people vanish from headlines as temperatures rise and comfort replaces concern. It urges action to prevent repeat winter hardships and to avert heart wrenching incidents if harsher weather returns.
Other Views Halt trade embargo
The Raleigh News and Observer quotes Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo on the Nicaragua embargo imposed by Reagan after Congress blocked more military aid to the Contras. He argues the measure worsens poverty, and questions whether military or humanitarian aid truly differs in effect, urging Congress to consider peaceful paths with Contadora and Rio Treaty partners.
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Congress
Miguel Obando Y Bravo
Obando
Somoza
Contadora Group
Nicaragua
Central America
Outdated Pornography Report Challenged by New Study
A new study attacks the 1970 Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, claiming its conclusions were scientifically unfounded and contradicted by later crime and health reports. It notes Senate rejection and highlights evolving, harsher realities of porn availability and harms.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Senate
Commission
George McGovern
Walter Mondale
National Commission
Pornography harms marriages and fuels deviant desire says study
The report by David A. Scott argues pornography desensitizes viewers, increases acceptance of violence, and corrupts marital relations. It cites research linking hard and soft core material to abusive behavior and urges obscenity not protected by the First Amendment, published by the Free Congress Foundation in Washington.
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Kemp's foreign policy angles in 1988 GOP race
Kemp projects stronger foreign policy credentials than Bush, citing long track of speeches and 1976 warnings on Soviet overkill and nuclear deployment. The piece highlights his CFR speech in 1983, views on El Salvador, global economics, and advisers including Wanniski Mundell Bartlett, framing his American idea and supply side philosophy as shaping a prudent world stance.
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Jack Kemp
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Bob Dole
Kansas
George Deukmejian
California
Kemp
Bush
Congress
House of Representatives
Soviet Union
Council On Foreign Relations
New York City
West Germany
Japan
Bretton Woods
el Salvador
American Studies Center
Washington, D.C
Jude Wanniski
Robert Mundell
Columbia
Bruce Bartlett
Joint Economic Committee
The
Wall Street Journal
United States
Kemp’s
Personal politics and the sizzle of television
Peter Ustinov argues that television shapes modern elections by addressing individuals rather than crowds. He contrasts Reagan and Mondale, noting Reagan's intimate performance and Mondale's overorating. The piece reflects on presentation over substance and cites FDR’s fireside chats as a counterexample to detached projection. Sydney J. Harris, News America Syndicate.
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Peter Ustinov
Ustinov
Reagan
Mondale
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
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Sydney J. Harris
America Syndicte
Pornography blamed for harms per surgeon general report
The surgeon general cited four major health harms from pornography including disruption of sexual relationships, contributing to adolescent deaths, and a rise in copy-cat rapes. The Denver conference featured church leaders and urged action against the $48 billion industry, with limited participation from national denominations.
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Church of Jesus Christ
Jerry Kirk
College Hill Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati
Denver
John Krol
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
U.S
C. Everett Koop
Father Hill
Department of Justice
National Council of Churches
Balderdash
MIM
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Controversy Over Adult Material Sparks Moral Debate
A Boston Mass gathering hosts a discussion on child exploitation in pornography, with Dr. Koop and Prof. Cline warning of profound harm. Religious leaders and Morality In Media call for enforcement, while some fear censorship. A solicitation for materials from Morality In Media follows.
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