Editorial on Perot legacy and voter reform in America
Jim Hitch argues Perot sparked a national sense of hope and demand for change, showing direct communication with citizens and new campaigning methods. He notes disillusionment with both parties, urges Perot backers and former nonvoters to engage, vote, and pressure politicians to improve the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Hope
Arkansas
Ross Perot
Perot
New York City
People For
Massachusetts
Jim Hitch
Time to grow up and face national problems
Speaker argues that America is ruled by toddler adults, with personal grievances dominating the national agenda. He lists issues like unemployment, manufacturing decline, immigration, monetary policy, and debt as real national problems, while dismissing abortion, gay rights, and campus pranks as nonessential.
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America
U.S. Congress
Supreme Court
President
United Nations
God
Values, centrism, and Democrats’ long run of decline
The piece argues Democrats pivot to centrism under Clinton and Gore to deflect Republican attacks on values. It traces roots to 1960s left critique of middle class virtue, Adlai Stevenson era shifts, and the New Deal coalition’s fracture. It notes Republicans’ use of “values” to attack Democrats across decades and predicts continued use.
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Dorothy Parker
Parker
Dottie
Bill Clinton
Clinton
George McGovern
McGovern
al Gore
America
Adlai Stevenson
Michael Barone
Democratic Party
San Francisco
Soviet Union
William Jennings Bryan
William Howard Taft
Taft
Republic
Local Kansas budgets loom as 1993 session nears
In Topeka and across Kansas hundreds of local agencies prepare budgets for 1993 amid a tax and school finance overhaul. The state faces complex funding of schools, counties, cities, and special districts with widespread tax changes, new revenue ideas, and debates over home rule versus state control.
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Topeka
Kansas
Capitol
Williamsburg letters urge broader coverage of Jayhawker Days
The Williamsburg council and mayor protest local paper coverage of Jayhawker Days. They accuse the paper of focusing on politics while neglecting bed race, 10K run, fun run, Old West Show, parade, crafts, basketball tournament and exhibits. They urge fuller town coverage and greater publicity for Jayhawker Boosters efforts.
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Williamsburg
Dole
Jayhawker Boosters
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Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
George F. Will
Washington Post Writers Group
John Marshall
Harris News Service
Virginia Swank
Dennis A. Norton
Deane Macoubrierf
STAPP
W.M. Spencer
Richard A. Howard
Council
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