Frozen COLA not sign of cold heart
A Senate one year freeze on Social Security COLA is debated amid broader budget cuts. The column defends the move as fiscally reasonable while noting the political impact on elderly voters and contrasting Republican courage with perceived Democratic grandstanding. It urges voters to judge lawmakers by overall actions, not a single vote.
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Senate
Southern Illinois
Randy Patchett
Ken Gray
CCLA
Gray
Patchett
Social Security
Tom Wicker
Paul Simon
House
Virginia Marmaduke Receives Distinguished Service Award
Virginia Marmaduke, longtime Southern Illinois journalist and volunteer, was honored with a distinguished service award at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale commencement last weekend. Since the mid-1960s she has promoted press university relations, donated to a journalism scholarship fund, and co hosted WSIU TV fundraising telethons.
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Southern Illinois
Virginia Marmaduke
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Herrin
Chicago
Murdoch Becomes American Citizen in Global Media Move
William Safire argues Murdoch’s U.S. citizenship aims to satisfy law for owning stations while highlighting the tension between global business and national allegiance. The piece questions motives, celebrates immigrant economic impact, and urges deeper loyalty beyond legal compliance.
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William Safire
New York Times
London
Rupert Murdoch
Australia
Times of London
New York Post
Alexander Hamilton
Post
Chicago Sun- Times
America
Globe
U.S
Switzerland
Greece
Murdoch
Reaganites reveal their extremism
Anthony Lewis argues after the Reagan landslide that the second term would reveal strong ideological shifts. He cites forced resignations like Eileen Gardner and Marianne Hall, plus controversial picks such as Patrick Buchanan and Frank Shakespeare, framing them as evidence of a harsh rightward drift in the administration.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Boston
Reagan
Eileen M. Gardner
Secretary of Education
Marianne Mele Hall
Ight Royalty Tribunal
Hall
Frank Shakespeare
Portugal
Board For International Broadcasting
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Shakespeare
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
McCarthyite
Patrick J. Buchanan
White House
Bitburg
Pat Buchanan
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Franco
Batista
Thieu
Marshal Ky
Lon Nol
Shah
Somoza
Pinochet
Ian Smith
Botha
South Africa
Torturers use split personalities to justify brutality study says
New York Times examines how torturers are often ordinary people who adopt a psychological double life to perform cruelty. Experts cite ideology, obedience, and peer support, with Lifton describing “doubling” as a key mechanism enabling daily torture while returning to normal life off duty.
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Daniel Goleman
New York Times
New York
Robert Jay Lifton
John Jay College
City University of New York
Lifton
Amnesty International
Mika Haritos-Fatouros
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MR. Murdoch
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Justice Deent
Vesere
Ervin Staub
University of Massachusetts
Staub
NEA. Inc
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