Our Opinion on the Size of Government Growth
Our opinion argues that government grows beyond control and touches daily life. It cites a 20 year trend described by George Mason University authors and notes rising spending, hidden costs from regulation, and automatic future obligations totaling nearly seven trillion dollars. The piece urges awareness and a multi-front effort to slow growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Bennett
Manuel H. Johnson
George Mason University
Truman
Carter
Nixon
Commission On Federal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fed
U.S. Treasury
Reagan
Mothers Shape Child Growth More Than Centers Says Study
A college on campus debate emphasizes that babies need mothers for proper development. Fraiberg Moore and colleagues stress mother child bonding as foundational, warning against out of home care and linking maternal time to later earnings and self worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Fraiberg
Raymond
Dorothy Moore
Perts
Moore
Moores
John Brittain
Belton Fleisher
Labor Department
The Death of Hede Massing and Her Cold War Legacy
A memoirist reflects on Hede Massing, once a Soviet recruited spy and witness in the Hiss case, who died in her 60s or 70s. He recalls her recruitment by Richard Sorge, her recruitment of Noel Field, her disillusion with communism, and her later debriefing by the FBI. He praises her warmth, courage, and concern for freedom, noting a lasting impression beyond her espionage role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Hede Massing
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Germany
Richard Sorge
Stalin
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sorge
Pionage
Noel Field
State Department
Allen Dulles
Office of Strategic Services
Field
Soviet Union
Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
Sarge
Chambers
Central Intelligence Agency
Europe
Security tensions over Geneva SALT meeting postponement
Washington debate reveals a weak national security apparatus as Reagan aides clash over postponing the March 25 Geneva compliance review with the Soviets. Allen's memo, later blocked by Haig and Weinberger, triggers a factional scramble across NSC, State, ACDA, and the JCS, with disclosure of a 167 page list of Soviet violators debated for use later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Geneva
Soviet Union
Reagan
Richard V. Allen
Caspar Weinberger
National Security
Weinberger
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Arms Control and
National Security Council
NSC
Allen
Alexander Haig
William P. Clark
Frank Carlucci
Defense
Department
Rick Burt
Burt
Haig
U.S
Robert L. Schweitzer
Defense Policy
Haig-Weinberger
ACDA
Moscow
Michael Pillsbury
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Dick Allen
Letters to the Editor Attack on Police Unions in Odessa
A reader denounces police unions claiming they push low pay and bad conditions. They allege letters are written outside Odessa and signed by non policemen or union allies. The writer blames unions for unrest in the Odessa police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Almanac for April 1 1981 highlights and historical notes
Today is April 1 1981 the List day with 274 days remaining in the year. Notable events include the United States recognizing Franco in Spain in 1939 and the US House of Representatives first met in New York City in 1789. The Royal Air Force was founded in 1918 and persecution of Jews began in Germany in 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
House of Representatives
New York City
Britain
Royal Air Force
Germany
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Freedom
Permian Basin
David F. Lyons
Jim Welsh
HEW
Joseph Califano
Bennett and
Johnson
Fraiberg
Phyllis Schlafly
Japan
FBI
Ralph de Toledano
J. Hoxley
Johnson Odessa
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