Editorials From Other Editors Highlights on Edison Project and Frahm
Guest editorials discuss the Edison Project school in Wichita and its financial viability. They praise innovation and cautious optimism while noting ongoing debates on private involvement in public education. The piece also analyzes campaign tactics around Sheila Frahm and Sam Brownback urging voters to judge by real records over hype.
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Herald
Wichita
Dodge-Edison
Edison
Chris Whittle
Edison Project
Larrie Reynolds
Larry Vaughn
Wichita School Board
Kansas
Sheila Frahm
Frahm
Senate
Sam Brownback
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New exploding golf club aims to boost long drives
California engineers Duncalf and Taylor patent a trigger activated golf club that fires an explosive strike plate to launch a ball over 200 yards. The device, designed for players with poor hand eye coordination, sparks debate over legality and short game use while promising dramatic changes to golf’s play.
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James Duncalf
Roy Taylor
California
Silicon Valley
Geezer
Duncalf
Chump
Illinois
Rock Island High School
Windy City
Taylor
Fogies
Russian election prompts cautious Western relief and worry
The Oregonian readers Forum notes Yeltsin’s re election as president brings cautious relief to the West amid Russia’s continuing economic hardship and unrest. It also critiques U S policy, while focusing on U S Senate delays in judicial nominations and urging steady confirmation of qualified nominees without paralyzing the process.
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Oregonian
Portland
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Yeltsin
Chechnya
Clinton
Bob Dole
Dole
Congress
Administration
Pentagon
U.S
Washington Post
Senate
Bush
Judiciary Committee
Trent Lott
Tom Daschle
Max Baucus
Montana
Sens
Lott
Daschle
Supreme Court blow to military schools sparks bitter protest
An opinion piece blasts the Supreme Court ruling mandating women at Virginia Military Institute and Citadel, calling the decision elitist and harmful. The author decries judicial overreach, urges formal compliance, and accuses feminists and federalism foes of hypocrisy while defending traditional male-only military education.
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VMI
Citadel
Supreme Court
Congress
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Coum Weare
By Mike Royko
Tribune Media Services
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia
South Carolina
America
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
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