Truth and scandal shake the Clinton presidency
After months of chatter and a major investigation, President Clinton testifies to a grand jury and to a national audience about an inappropriate relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The piece argues for accountability, notes perjury and obstruction questions, and questions whether Gore should assume the presidency to move the nation forward.
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River of Goo and the father daughter bond
Kathleen Parker reflects on the River of Goo marking adolescence and argues fathers shape girls' self esteem more than schools or peers. Drawing on Adrienne Katz's Can-Do Girls she credits her own father with guiding confidence and independence, noting many women lack such paternal support due to divorce or single motherhood.
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Closing of Our Own Hardware Warehouse Prompts Farewell Letter
Reader Forum letter from Lawrence L. Bryan reflecting on the Ottawa Our Own Hardware shutdown by HWI Do It Best. He notes 20 jobs lost on Thursday and more by Sept 24, recounts memories since Aug 5, 1980, from building rough beginnings to company trips, drinks, and community ties. He honors departed colleagues, urges the vast community to remember former local firms, and closes with faith and a goodbye to coworkers.
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Profiles in courage in a week of newsroom spats
Don Kaul salutes two reporters, Mike Barnicle of the Boston Globe and Ralph Cipriano of the Philadelphia Inquirer, for grappling with ethics and legal bravado. Barnicle’s suspension over a joke theft and Cipriano’s libel suit against an editor spotlight the rough edge of modern journalism.
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