Editorial Collection from Texas Newspapers
A compilation of editorials from Texas newspapers by the Associated Press presents varied opinions on state issues. The pieces reflect editorial perspectives on politics governance and public policy shaping local discourse.
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Corporate tax fraud understudy urges reform
A San Antonio Express-News commentary cites Syracuse University research showing IRS neglect of corporate fraud and GAO data that two thirds of U S corporations paid no federal income tax in the late 1990s. It argues for closing loopholes, simplifying the system, and enforcing compliance to protect democracy and fair shares.
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Internal Revenue Service
Syracuse University
IRS
General Accounting Office
America
GAO
San Antonio Express-News
Perry plan for Texas school funding in special session
Editorial argues Governor Perry’s proposal to cut property taxes while expanding revenue for education merits review. Supports legalizing gambling and closing tax loopholes but notes constitutional hurdles and potential opposition from business and local governments. Calls for broad debate and multiple solutions before a voter election. The Facts (Brazoria County).
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Rick Perry
Texas
Perry
David Dewhurst
Texas Senate
Brazoria County
Words don't say it all in Charen column on misuse
Mona Charen notes a bipartisan flaw in the 9 11 Commission and its staff director Philip Zelikow. She argues many leaders misuse enormity and fulsome. The piece cites definitions and examples from public figures and editors, concluding with Charen’s bio as a former Reagan White House speech writer.
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Philip Zelikow
FBI
Dies
Defense
William Cohen
Taliban
Pakistan
Commission
American Heritage Dictionary
Tim Roemer
John Ashcroft
Fred Fielding
Reagan
Louis Freeh
Colin Powell
Appropriations Committee
Ambassador Bremer
Pentagon
Janet Reno
Sandy Berger
Seymour Hersh
CNBC
Afghanistan
al-Qaida
bin Laden
Ron Harris
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National Public Radio
William Safire
Charen
Reagan White House
Dennis Prager on good and evil in world affairs
Dennis Prager denounces world opinion and the United Nations while defending Israel and condemning global media and governments. He argues moral sickness pervades journalism and politics, cites Tibet Sudan and Saddam era reporting, and asserts a divine moral order will judge evil figures.
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Israel
Abdel Aziz Rantisi
Hamas
United Nations
World Organization
China
Tibet
Sudan
World Health Organization
Libya
Human Rights Commission
Saudi Arabia
United States
Walter Duranty
New York Times
Soviet Union
Duranty
Stalin
Saddam Hussein
John Burns
Saddam
Baghdad
Osama bin Laden
Jacques Chirac
Prager
Los Angeles
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