Texas Views Editorial Collection From June 25 2001
A compilation of editorials from Texas newspapers gathered by the Associated Press. It presents a snapshot of state issues and opinion. The items reflect regional perspectives on politics economy and social topics of that period.
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Setting Better Financial Examples For Kids
The Texarkana Gazette notes adults waste savings and overuse credit cards, shaping teens with poor spending habits. It urges parents to discuss family finances, model prudent spending, and teach the consequences of frivolous plastic use to foster future financial stability.
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Texarkana Gazette
Alternative punishments for juveniles gain support in Texas
A Washington study labels Gulf Coast Trade Center in New Waverly and Tarrant County Juvenile Services in Fort Worth as guiding reforms in juvenile rehabilitation. The programs focus on training, counseling, and community integration, costing less and proving more effective than traditional detention in some cases.
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Texas
Gulf Coast Trade Center
Houston
New Waverly
Tarrant County
American Youth Policy Forum
Pexas
The reparations debate roils black leaders and critics
Mona Charen argues the reparations question won t vanish as black leaders press Bush to engage the World Conference Against Racism and a legal bid by Johnnie Cochran and others targets corporations tied to slavery. She cites family structure as a stronger predictor of success than ancestor guilt and argues that punishment should target actual criminals and victims, not entire racial groups.
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Johnnie Cochran
James McWhorter
America
Walter Williams
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Confederacy
Tiger Woods
Williams
U.S
Oprah Winfrey
Michael Jordan
United States
Charen
Reagan White House
Controversy Over Nazi Ties in World War II Memorial
DON FEDER critiques a $56 million World War II Memorial contract awarded to J.A. Jones, a Holzmann subsidiary. He notes Holzmann’s Nazi-era role and slave labor, while defenders cite wartime bases and Liberty Ships built by J.A. Jones. The piece cites victims’ survivors and reparations efforts, urging moral scrutiny.
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Mitsubishi
Pearl Harbor
Jane Fonda
J.A. Jones
Philipp Holzmann
Germany
Holzmann
Daniel H. Wheeler
American Legion
Washington, D.C
Wheeler
Jones
Abraham Cooper
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Simon Frumkin
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Ovessa American
Republican Party
Joan Karr
Ken Broonax
Mona Charen
Don Feder
Europe
Hitler
Los Angeles Times
Fredd Wayne
Feder
Boston Herald
Illmore
Lallard
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