Reagan era supply side policy under fire
A critical look at supply side economics as Congress and the Reagan administration confront budget deficits and slow growth. Economists question tax cut efficacy, Fed policy clashes, and overall impact on unemployment and inflation while politicians debate fiscal restraint and future tax revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth Galbraith
R Aed
America
Congress
Jack Kemp
Arthur Laffer
Federal Reserve
Erie
Peter Domenici
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Big rig roadblock in Midwest truck size fight
The piece analyzes Missouri Illinois and Arkansas holding the nation’s lowest truck size limits amid a failed Missouri 80 000 pound 60 foot referendum. Voters fear higher costs to motorists and road damage, while experts urge uniform limits and higher gas taxes to fund roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Midwest
Salvadoran rally speech sparks debate at SIU Carbondale
A Southern Illinois University Carbondale rally featured a Salvadoran speaker who argued U.S. support for El Salvador’s government fuels oppression. A coal miner critic challenged assurances about weapons, funding, and the fate of 35,000 Salvadorans, questioning sources and black market claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
U.S
Mr. Ramirez
el Salvador
Cuba
Nicaragua
Soviet Union
Ramirez
Haig’s gunboat diplomacy rekindled in Central America
Opinion argues that Haig Reagan policy repeats historic U.S. intervention in Central America. It contends the approach alienates local populations, fuels guerrilla movements, and risks hardening regimes from Guatemala to Nicaragua. It urges renewed diplomacy over domination to protect U.S. influence.
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John B. Oakes
New York Times
Alexander M. Haig Jr
United States
Central America
Haig
Duarte
el Salvador
d’Aubuisson
Castro
Marx
Reagan
Honduran
Central
Nicaragua
Mexico
Arbitrary cuts cripple the disabled in Reagan era policy
James Crawford reports on Jane Kemp and others facing abrupt Social Security disability benefit cuts amid a sweeping review. The piece details Kemp’s brain surgery and decline, the administration’s drive to curb entitlements, and the human cost as beneficiaries are deemed potentially able to work. It cites figures on disability costs, critique from lawmakers, and tragic cases highlighting systemic stress and risk.
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James Crawford
Pacific News Service
Jane Kemp
Social Security
Kemp
George Washington University Medical School
Washington, D.C
White House
John A. Seahan
Congress
Torney
Mental Health Law Project
Washington
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Reagan and the peasantry critique in harsh terms
A dated tirade targets Ronald Reagan accusing him of hypocrisy in policy and spending. The writer laments homelessness hunger and poverty while urging a return to FDR like welfare ideals, contrasting public rhetoric with real aid. Strong Elizabethan rhetoric frames Hoover and Hoover era scarcity as a benchmark.
Travel adventures with the Caracys in Southern Illinoisan
The piece extols Bill Coracy and B. and A. Travel Service as champions of free enterprise. It recalls multiple travel rescues from tickets to wardrobe, from Paris to Toronto, Taipei to Hong Kong, and the Orange Bowl, praising Coracy for flawless problem solving and personal service across decades of adventures.
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Southern Illinoisan
B. and A. Travel Service
Ann
Bill
America
Bill Corney
St. Louis
Marion
Carbondale
Chicago
Paris
Strasbourg
U.S
Taipei
Asia
Europe
Hong Kong
Air Canada
Toronto
Bill Coracy
New York
Nadian Pacific Railroad
Coracy
Heaven
Free Enterprise
Pysanky Return to Royalton Easter Traditions
Royalton keeps Ukrainian egg decoration alive with second and third generation families. Easter baskets include eggs with sausage meat and butter blessed by the priest. The Virgin Mary Orthodox Church has served Royalton for 68 years and continues the folk art with Luba Pirko promoting the craft.
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Southern Illinoisan
Pysanky
Southern Iinois
Royalton
Virgin Mary Orthodox Church
Luba Pirko
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Donald Riegle
Jane Yohalem
Robert Tuttle
Lansing, Mich
Ronald Reagan
Webster
Hoover
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