Our View on Middle East Peace The Least Harmful Path
This editorial argues the Middle East conflict is a tribal dispute unlikely to bow to outside force. It urges modest steps to reduce spillover to Jordan and Lebanon, urging leaders to lower expectations, back off, and avoid decisive international meddling.
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Double standards in media politics and education
Thomas Sowell argues that public schools push explicit content and “death education” while criticizing private industry for similar harms. He cites government actions behind gasoline price rises, liberal critiques of Big Oil, and political expediency in Clinton era policy. The column faults media and elites for tolerating government missteps.
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Columbine High School
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Midwest
al Gore
Middle East
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Earth
Chameleon
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Don Feder critiques the second presidential debate
Don Feder, syndicated columnist for the Boston Herald, rejects the second debate between Gore and Bush. He mocks Gore's arrogance and exaggerations and faults Bush for evasive leadership and vague tax cut proposals, calling the exchange torturous and revealing.
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Jim Lehrer
Federal Drug Administration
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