Let peace begin with me editorial note and staff names
Publisher M Olaf Frandsen editor Ken Brodnax editorial page director Mike Powell business manager Lori Ellington advertising director Larry Reynolds classifieds advertising manager Howard Houston pre press director Johnny Russell press room director Michael Showell circulation director. Striving to make the Permian Basin a better place to live work and play.
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M. Olaf Frandsen
Ken Brodnax
Mike Powell
Lori Ellington
Larry Reynolds
Howard Houston
Johnny Russell
Michael Showell
Permian Basin
Our Opinion on Refugees and American Compassion
Our Opinion argues that the United States should grant asylum to political and economic refugees, criticizing Roosevelt's 1930s stance toward Jewish refugees and President Bush's Haiti policies. It links economic sanctions to oppression, urges ending sanctions, and emphasizes restoring America's tradition of compassion to save lives.
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America
Franklin Roosevelt
H.L. Mencken
Baltimore Sun
Roosevelt
Mencken
United States
Bush
White House
Haiti
Europe
Beachfront subsidy clash fuels taxpaying anger in Washington
Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Ivins rails against federal flood insurance subsidies for beach property. He argues erosion risks justify curbing subsidies, labels lawmakers' actions as back door land use control, and blasts entrenched special interests and rising stamp prices as obstacles to reform.
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C.M. Schauerte
Federal Insurance Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Schauerte
New York Times
Feds
House
American Association of Realtors
American Association of Homebuilders
Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Gary Hart
Radice leads NEA amid clashes over grants and art
James Kilpatrick portrays Anne-Imelda Radice as acting NEA chair facing resistance from a panel on solo performing artists and a separate museum panel. She vetoes two grant proposals, defends budget priorities, and invites broader input while critics warn of chilling free expression. The piece mixes praise with sharp satire of controversies and potential policy shifts.
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Washington
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
Anne-Imelda Radice
John Frohnmeyer
Radice
National Council
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Beacon Press
New England
Beacon
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington Post
Bush
National Gallery of Art
Treasury
Congress
Kilpatrick
Washington, D.C
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