The Phony Promise of a Clinton Presidency
The piece rails at critics who deny the president, argues democratic respect for the office, and accuses Clinton of hypocrisy in campaign finance while claiming reform bills stall in Congress. It condemns the president for raising funds from influence seekers and calls for accountability in political reform efforts.
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Democratic Party
Congress
No Kidding By Karl A Van Asselt Coca Cola Inventor listed
The excerpt catalogs five products credited to Coca Cola's inventor, including Globe of Flower Cough Syrup and Indian Queen Hair Dye, with health drink variants and extracts. It references historical marketing curiosities from a 1993 book by Vince Staten.
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Coca-Cola
Vince Staten
Simon & Schuster
It's Your Quarter community forum letters on sports fairness and taxes
Readers fixate on equal playing time for youth baseball, box scores in papers, and hospital funding. A contributor disputes a half cent tax for Ransom Memorial Hospital while praising local services and criticizing administrator pay, bed taxes, and potential new levies. Call-in details invite opinions on the topic.
Whiskey Rebellion Echoes in Independence Day Reflections
The piece recalls the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion and how Western Pennsylvania resisted excise taxes, contrasting Western and Eastern interests, noting Washington’s 13 000 militiamen suppression, and linking to later secession era tensions at Gettysburg. It frames taxation with representation as contentious and cites Hamilton Jefferson Madison and Western fears of federal overreach.
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Allegheny Mountains
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James Flexner
Pittsburgh
John Neville
America
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Woodrow Wilson
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Stanley Elkins
Eric McKitrick
James Jackson
House of Representatives
Gettysburg
Talking molar discrimination tale draws EEOC charge
An EEOC Chicago letter accuses a local firm of disability bias after a woman claimed a talking microchip embedded in a molar caused her not to be hired. The piece humorously traces how investigators handle such claims, noting policies and the need for supporting documentation.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Eetes Ai Hans
Chicago
EEOC
Elvis
BEOC
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