Mao era catastrophe in China condemns Western blindness
Stephen Chapman of the Chicago Tribune critiques Western scholars and journalists for ignoring or misreading Mao Zedong era atrocities in China. He cites the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and mass famine, arguing these events rival or exceed total deaths attributed to Hitler and Stalin. The piece contrasts Western praise with harsh reality.
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China
Tiananmen Square
United States
Mao Zedong
Mao
Hitler
Stalin
Washington Post
Valerie Strauss Daniel Southerland
Shanghai
Red Guards
Edgar Snow
United Nations
West
Nixon
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Harvard
John King Fairbank
Stephen Chapman
The
Chicago Tribune
Long in the tail short in the tooth
Retired Col. David Hackworth laments the U S military balance of power from Vietnam to Desert Storm arguing the force has become toothless with too many noncombat staffers and costly tech. He urges term limits and plum war fighter appointments to restore battlefield readiness.
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Jerry White
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Jerry
NYPD
Somalia
Washington Generals
Political Action Committee
PAC
Mogadishu
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Milstar
Seawolf
Beltway
David Hackworth
Colum
Invasion Is No Way To Promote Freedom
Opinion argues against invading Haiti citing lack of threat, dangerous precedents, and harm from sanctions. It contends the U S should push democracy through moral persuasion, not military force. warns of post invasion chaos and domestic political motives behind invasion plans.
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Haiti
Clinton
America
United Nations Security Council
U.S
United States
Iraq
U.N
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Aristide
Congress
HUD critics face prosecution over free speech rights in Berkeley
HUD targets three Berkeley residents for opposing a subsidized housing project near the Bel Air Motel arguing their petitions discriminate against the mentally ill homeless population. The case centers on First Amendment limits and HUD’s enforcement under the Fair Housing Act of 1988 with a potential $100,000 fine.
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Congress
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Berkeley
Calif
Bel Air
University Avenue
Fair Housing
HUD
Resurrecting religion in Russia
In Moscow a small Russian Orthodox church lit bells for a Saturday night service as elderly women and a few youths entered to bless themselves. The piece notes easier church revival in Russia after decades of state atheism, plans to rebuild Christ the Saviour Cathedral, and the paradox of Orthodox icons preserved in Perm’s art museum during the Soviet era.
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Moscow
Christ the Saviour
Stalin
Moscow Times
Kremlin
Cathedral Square
Russia
Perm
Ural Mountains
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