Legislature as Combative Arena Across Government Budgets
A compact critique of rising partisan strife in state and national legislatures. It argues tax and budget pressures force hard sacrifices, criticizes cuts to social programs, and urges restraint and conscience over gridlock and confrontations. Government is likened to a speeding locomotive needing time to change course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
U.S
Washington
Springfield
James Thompson
Thompson
Reagan
Chicago
Downstate
Congress
Reublicans
Letters warn gun ban endangers police and rights
A Southern Illinoisan letter argues that gun bans will leave police unable to defend against criminals, cites drugs in crime, and claims the Illinois gun registration statute violates the Second and Fourth Amendments. The writer warns of disarmed citizens and contemplates relocating to a western state, predicting others will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Washington
Alienation and the loss of faith in Western institutions
Bruce Stokes argues that rising alienation in the United States and Western Europe erodes trust in government, corporations, and religion. He cites surveys showing growing powerlessness, political apathy, and dependence on experts, with calls for expanded self help and consumer action to restore control and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Stokes
Worldwatch Institute
United States
Western Europe
Louis Harris
Gallup
What July Fourth means to me by Ronald Reagan
President Reagan reflects on childhood nostalgia for the Fourth of July and its deeper meaning as America's birthday and a philosophical revolution. He recalls the signing of the Declaration, the rights of man, and the idea that government derives its powers from the people, ending with a patriotic wish for a happy Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
July Fourth
Ronald Reagan
United States
Midwest
Little Hall
Philadelphia
Reagan
Parade Magazine
Parade
Michael K. Deaver
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Margaret Thatcher
France
Spe
California
Stanford University Medical Center
Fitchburg
Masachusetts
Rcord
Sage
Camp David
John Hart
Carter Braxton
Virginia
Ellery
Clymer
Hall
Walton
Gwinnett
Rutledge
Morris
Livingston
Middleton
Nelson
General Cornwallis
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