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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1998
Page
4
Editorials praise Texas for welfare reform via the Lone Star Card. The piece cites GAO findings on fraud in food stamps and WIC and argues Texas cut ineligible recipients, reduced costs, and saved taxpayers millions, urging federal adoption without hearings.
The Institute of International Education with a Freeman Foundation grant launches Asia-Help, offering 1,400 zero-interest loans to Asian Pacific Rim students in the United States. The program aims to shield tuition and living costs amid currency devaluations, preserving long term goodwill and future leadership links between the U.S. and Asia, including Texas and Houston offices.
A Carnegie Foundation report shows undergraduates at top universities are taught by graduate students while professors pursue research. The study argues faculty neglect teaching as a core mission, risking the value of education and calling for higher standards and commitment from all teacher scholars.
Joseph Sobran argues that Dan Burton’s edited jailhouse tapes of Clinton associates shifted liberal focus from Clinton ethics to Burton’s methods. He compares Burton to McCarthy and warns that liberal distraction risks shaping 1990s history as the Burtonite Era, with Democrats and press shaping narratives about past politics.
DON FEDER weighs in on Amanda Lemon's Xenia High School NHS exclusion for having a child out of wedlock. The columnist questions whether honoring her signals virtue or rewards perceived lack of character, arguing that true honor requires consistent standards and moral accountability. He notes societal reactions and cites Webster's definition while urging support and understanding for Lemon's situation.
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