Debate on Violence in TV and Child Behavior Persists
The National Institute of Mental Health finds overwhelming evidence that TV violence increases aggression in children and teens. Despite free expression, self policing by broadcasters has failed to curb violence, leaving parents the ultimate sanction to switch off the TV when harm is evident.
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Secret conduit to Reagan via TV rebroadcast found
Reporters Rowland Evans and Robert Novak describe a low powered Virginia TV station WNVT rebroadcasting House debates. Reagan, alone, praised Newt Gingrich after hearing conservatives on air and phoned him next morning.
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Today in History May 17 highlights and notes
On May 17, 1536 Henry VIII marriage to Anne Boleyn declared invalid. Britain declared war on France in 1756. Fidel Castro proposed prisoner exchange during Bay of Pigs. Thor Heyerdahl sailed papyrus boat aiming to prove ancient contact. West Germany approved treaties with USSR and Poland in 1960s. Japan limited color TV exports in 1970s. Thought for Today: faith enables action, without it nothing.
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Social Security funding reform debated by Buckley and Feldstein
The piece argues for linking Social Security payments to inflation minus 2 percent until parity with contributions, noting current non working retirees gain more than workers. It cites Feldstein and Feldstein's plan to avoid deficits, condemns perverse incentives, and calls for reform guided by justice over demagoguery.
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Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Martin Feldstein
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Wall Street Journal
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