Offensiveness in Speech and Legal Sanctions Debate
The article discusses offensive personality in academia and law, citing a University of New professor charged with sexual harassment for praising a student’s blue blazer. It cites Brown University students and a 9th Circuit ruling striking down a California law penalizing offensive personality for lawyers as vague.
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University of New
Brown University
California Business and Professions Code
Syntax Weekly
California
Frank Swan
United States
Elana Artson
Swan
Artson
Standing Committee On Discipline
Wunsch Et al
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
9Th Circuit
Gary Pavela
University of Maryland
Nat Hentoff
Education department: end of its short career urged
A political push by Republicans to abolish the Education Department is outlined, with duties moved to other agencies and block grants replacing strings. The piece notes NAEP could be spared, but warns bureaucratic half measures tend to grow back, urging action to fulfill Reagan era goals.
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Jimmy Carter
National Education Association
U.S. Department of Education
Capitol Hill
Alice Rivlin
Bill Clinton
Washington
America
House
Department of Education
Department of Human Services
Pentagon
Interior
Justice
NAEP
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Education Department
AARP Under Scrutiny As Legislation And Profits Grow
The AARP faces tax scrutiny and political pressure amid a $200 million annual revenue stream from insurance, discounts, and services. With 33 million members, its lobbying power shapes Social Security Medicare and Medicaid policy while IRS and Senate Finance probe its tax status.
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American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Alan Simpson
R-Wyo
Senate Finance
Simpson
Legislative pace accelerates as North Carolina session tightens
The General Assembly hurries to pass bills before May 10 crossover date. Afterward pace slows and many measures die. Senate to limit committees to Finance and Appropriations through June 15 to push priority bills and the budget, leaving only three weeks to move House measures.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House
Senate
Senate Committee
Basnight
Remembering Vietnam Vets on Memorial Day Weekend
A reader urges remembrance of Vietnam-era veterans alongside World War II Korea and Desert Storm veterans. They stress recognition for those who returned home and those still serving, calling for open hearts and sincere appreciation beyond empty gestures.
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Korea
Glenna Ray Arapahoe
Christian Right Declares Moral Stand in New Bern
Jane C. Bailey of New Bern asserts that Christians are taxpayers with full civil rights and rejects leftist attempts to disenfranchise them. She argues for freedom of religion speech and assembly and notes possible federal education bureau changes while urging steadfast faith and civic dignity.
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Federal
Jane C. Bailey
New Bern
Honest person found when pouch was lost
A mother thanks the unknown good samaritan who found her 8-year-old daughter's $5 hip pouch at Hardee's in Berne Square on a Saturday. The pouch, with the girl’s name, was returned unharmed to the manager or staff, easing worry from field trips.
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Hardee’s
Berne Square
Annette New Bern
Letters to Forum Sun Journal Seeks Signed Submissions
Readers are invited to send letters to the Forum at P O Box 1149 New Bern North Carolina 28563. Submissions must be signed and under 300 words to avoid abridgement. Longer letters may be edited or not used at editor's discretion.
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Sun Journal
P.O
New Bern
N.C
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Slug Posse
Araroas
Erman
Bizarroas
His Patterson
Martha Alexander
D-Mecklenburg
Department of Transportation
Charlotte
Marc Basnight
Roane
Paul O'Connor
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North Carolina
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