Kissinger Blame Is An Unfair Campaign Target
Opinion argues that attacks on Secretary of State Kissinger miss the mark and blame Congress for foreign policy failures. It notes Kissinger bears secrecy burdens, but that U.S. policy shifts reflect broader political decisions, not solely his actions.
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Dusteanine LY
Jienny Kissinger
Ford
Kissinger
Vietnam
Middle East
Portapet
Angola
Congress
Joh
Shajar
Cyprus
America
Turke
Portugal
U.S
Cambodia
Dr. Kissinger
Hart
Worsthorne decries overcult of compassion and decline of free society
Peregrine Worsthorne argues in Harper's that modern wealth of pity erodes individual independence. He warns that excessive compassion risks turning strong, creative people into guilty outsiders, while the dependent are lauded, endangering the republic’s core values.
Clean Air Act amendments risk non degradation standards
The text argues that Senate bill S. 3219 and House bill HR. 10488 pursue non degradation rules not aimed at health protection. It asserts the proposal would require no significant air quality deterioration in any area, preventing even improvements from exceeding current health based standards.
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House
Federal air rules threaten Texas growth and national industry
The new air quality proposals tighten limits so that most US regions reach the acceptable threshold, prompting concerns that industrial progress will be hindered. Exclusions include areas already below standards such as Los Angeles and New York City. Critics label the plan a subtle vehicle for federal control.
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Texas
Los Angeles
New York City
Carter talk on class not race stirs suburban debate
A columnist argues Jimmy Carter frames housing and busing as class issues not racial matters. He asserts Carter’s stance defends rich suburban prerogatives, critiques ethnic purity rhetoric, and warns a continued focus could boost Republican crossovers and hurt Carter’s presidential bid.
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Jimmy Carter
Ted
Mot Buller
Democratic Party
Carter
Wisconsin
Gerald Ford
Reagan on Sonnenfeldt: critique of Kissinger aide and policy
The piece analyzes Ronald Reagan's March 31 broadcast critiquing Helmut Sonnenfeldt as Kissinger's lieutenant. It argues Reagan portrays Sonnenfeldt as counsels against disturbance of the status quo and toward abandoning captive nations, inviting debate on accuracy and implications. It contrasts Kraft’s liberal stance with Reagan's interpretation.
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Ronald Reagan
Henry Kissinger
United States
Athens
Russia
Sparta
State Department
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Whom Dr. Kissinger
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Reagan
Secretary of State
Kraft critiques Reagan rhetoric in syndicated column
The columnist faults Reagan's speech and tone, accusing anti Semitic overtones via Kissinger associate Helmut Soupenfeldt. He mocks the critic’s oversensitive nostrils and suggests private remedies for perceived pungent rhetoric rather than public critique.
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Kraft
Reagan
Kissinger
Dr. Kissinger
Helmut Soupenfeldt
George Wallace
Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Solzhenitsyn broadcasts stir England and politics
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s revised BBC interview on Panorama provoked strong reaction in England. The New Yorker notes its effect as a stone cast into a sleepy pond, with Lord George Brown resigning from the Labour Party after the rebroadcast, while critics laud Solzhenitsyn's moral authority and impact on Western awareness of totalitarianism.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
England
The
New Yorker
London
BBC
Panorama
Solzhenitsyn
Lord George Brown
Labour Party
BBC Solzhenitsyn
Solynenitsy
Bernard Levin
Times of London
Luther
Wittenberg
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