Bush environmental stance blamed for mixed signals on Earth Summit
Commentary criticizes the Bush administration for a teetering stance on environmental issues ahead of the Earth Summit in Rio. It accuses the White House of prioritizing economic concerns, weakening air and wetlands protections, and resisting global treaties to placate voters amid polls favoring Perot and Clinton.
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Bush
Rio de Janeiro
William Reilly
Environmental Protection Agency
Reilly
Congress
Legislative Branch
al Bush
U.S
American Forest Resource Alliance
H. Ross Perot
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Strasburg tribute shows Welk birthplace tour and federal funds clash
Editorials note visitors touring Lawrence Welk birthplace in Strasburg North Carolina after his 89 year death. The piece lauds private funding of the restoration and contrasts a planned German Russian museum funded by federal money later killed by Congressman Jim Slattery. It urges reducing government pork in favor of private financing and fiscal responsibility.
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Strasburg
N.C
Lawrence Welk
Welk
Soddy
Jim Slattery
D-Topeka
Washington
Chase County
Slattery
Dick Nichols
Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Grassroots Association
Dreams of home ownership cross ethnic lines in survey
The Hawk Eye reports a Federal National Mortgage Association survey showing Americans eagerly sacrifice work distance, retirement time, and even extra jobs to own a home. Yet affordable housing gaps and higher mortgage costs since 1980 hinder a housing boom as median mortgage costs rise and incomes fall.
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Federal National Mortgage Association
Fannie Mae
Burlington
Lowa
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Drafting a national government draft proposed in Kansas
A Kansas thinker urges replacing elections with a national pool of qualified citizens drafted for six year terms across all levels, including presidency, with random selection and mandatory service. He favors literacy and basic aptitude tests, a cabinet appointment power for the president, and judges chosen from lawyers. The piece notes Kansas ongoing reforms toward efficiency and professional administration in local government.
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Topeka
Selective Service
Congress
White House
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Ross Perot
Haiti Crisis Ignored by U S Injustice and Hypocrisy
The piece attacks U S refugee policy toward Haitians, condemning the denial of asylum, the hypocrisy of evoking Kuwaiti intervention, and calls for restoring Aristide. It argues economic and political refugee status blur in Haiti, condemns the embargo, and questions why Aristide cannot be allowed to govern again.
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Bush
U. S
Jean Bertrand Aristide
Haiti
United States
Aristide
Washington
Rome
Father Aristide
Salesian Order
Europe
Catholic Heirarchy
Legliz Popile
The
People's Church
Salesians
World Bank
U.S
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