Hinckley case exposes clash of law and psychiatry
An opinion piece argues the Reagan assassination case shows the conflict between legal responsibility and medical explanations. It critiques the insanity defense trend, notes failure of guilty but mentally ill pleas, and calls for cooperation between legal and medical fields to protect society and aid the mentally ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Hinckley, Jr
Reagan
Hinckley
Freud
John, Jr
Cig
Illinois
John Hinckleys
Mideast invasion harms chance for peace says Lewis
In a New York Times column Anthony Lewis analyzes Israel's Lebanon invasion as a costly misstep. He argues ceasefire efforts brokered by the United States had reduced shelling and rockets into Israel and warns that the campaign risks drawing Soviet involvement, widening conflict, and undermining Arab-Israeli understandings while condemning civilian harm from heavy air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Lebanon
Israel
United
Begin
Goliaoenes
Galilee
PLO
United States
Moshe Arens
Aera
Delaying peace risks fueling Middle East war
Haig warned in Chicago that delaying peace threatens escalation as Israeli tanks push through Lebanese real estate. The Reagan administration has yet to craft a lasting Mideast policy, relying on Camp David while Palestinian autonomy stalls and the Iran Iraq War persists, jeopardizing U.S. influence in a region vital to national interests.
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Alexander Haig
Middle East
Haig
Chicago
America
Reagan
Mideast
Camp David
Saudi Arabia
Begin
Lebanon
Israel
United States
Carter
West Bank
Sinai
Reagan restore? A letter defending Reagan's approach
In a Southern Illinoisan letter Bill Curtis is countered, arguing that Carter’s era caused debt and decline. The writer defends Reagan as guiding Americans toward self-reliance, limiting welfare fraud, opposing unions pricing labor, and pushing for balanced budgets. They claim Reagan inherited woes and seek fair trade without global takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Bill Curtis
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
White House
America
The East may hold America's future by Frank Viviano
The piece argues Southeast Asia and the Pacific rise as engines of global growth. It cites Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo and Seoul as powerhouses, notes rapid GDP gains and a shift in world focus from Atlantic to Asian prosperity, and discusses immigration small businesses and high tech as drivers shaping both Asia and the United States.
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Frank Viviano
Pacific
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Atlantic
Graham Wilde
Asian Banking
Japan
Seoul
Switzerland
West Germany
Hong Kong
Mexico
United States
France
Great Britain
South Korea
Malaysia
East Asia
Tokyo
Indonesia
Far East
Ong Beng Seng
Kuo International
Atlantic Basin
Asia
Mitsubishi
Sony
Shanghai
William Lin
Chan Heng Chee
San Francisco
China
New Free Enterprise Zone
New Territories
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Penang
Taipei
Ove
U.S. West
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Southern Illinois and Lee Enterprises Newspaper
Ae Ke
Ariel Sharon
Jordan
U.S
Philip Habib
Soviet Union
Syria
Sharon
Egypt
Britain
Shlomo Argov
Argov
Munich
Maalot
Los Angeles
Pacific Basin
New York
Boston
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
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