Let Peace Begin With Me In The Permian Basin
A compact historical note highlights a pledge to improve the Permian Basin community. Key local figures and roles are listed as part of a mission to make the region a better place to live, work, and enjoy.
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Permian Basin
Serbia’s democracy surge against Milosevic under way
The opinion notes Serbs demonstrated in Belgrade against Slobodan Milosevic’s dictatorship as a democracy movement gains momentum. It links religious leaders’ support, parallels to 1989 Central Europe, and urges peaceful resolution of regional tensions without bombings, criticizing a UN trade boycott.
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Democracy
Serbia
Belgrade
Socialist Party
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
ex-Yugoslavia
Europe
Soviet Union
Kilpatrick on Zobrest and the church state wall
James J. Kilpatrick argues the Zobrest case exposes flaws in First Amendment doctrine and critiques the notion of a wall between church and state. He frames Jim Zobrest’s need for a sign language interpreter as equal protection rather than religious establishment aid.
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Jim Zobrest
Arizona
Jim
Zobrest
U.S. District Court
High Court
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Larry Witters
Witters
Washington State
9Th Circuit
Circuit Court
Salpointe High
Kilpatrick
Washington, D.C
In Memory of a Time When the Choices Were All Bad
Molly Ivins reflects on the Vietnam War Memorial and a lover who was killed in 1969. She recalls the ache of memory, the absence of good choices in those years, and the stubborn wish to touch the names on the wall. Ivins notes the war cost and the paradoxes of science and sentiment. Ivins is a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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Yugoslavia
Milosevic
Serbia
Vietnam
Iwo Jima
Nam
Hubert Humphrey
Hanoi
United States
C.P. Snow
Ivins
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Texas
United Nations
James J. Kilpatrick
Cially
Nebraska
Molly Ivins
Dallas Times Herald
Vietnam War Memorial
Washington
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