FAA delays risk air travel safety and FAA coverups
A column argues FAA stonewalls about air traffic control problems and near misses at National Airport and beyond. Rep Oberstar warns the margin of safety is shrinking and accountability must improve as hearings reveal fatigue, errors, and possible drug and alcohol issues among controllers. The piece urges Congress to press FAA for openness and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Airport
Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
ABC
David Hartman
CBS
Terence Stith
Potomac River
California
Maryland
FAA
Congress
Henry Duffy
Air Line Pilots Association
Reagan
Oberstar
Donald D. Engen
Engen
The U.N. real value amid critics and glory days
Washington opinion piece arguing the United Nations remains a flawed but useful forum. It rejects universal faith in the Security Council veto, notes the U.N.’s inefficiencies, and lauds its agencies for famine relief, health, and agriculture. It recalls Khrushchev and Castro moments as illustrative theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
U.N
Manhattan
East River
Russia
U.S
Lonely Hearts Club
Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Council of Nations
General Assembly
Gilbert & Sullivan
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Dag Hammarskjold
Harlem
Fidel
Gorbachev
Defenders of raunchy rock faced with censorship debates
The author declines assisting civil libertarians defending obscenity labeled rock lyrics. He argues labeling would not protect youth and opposes censorship, noting artists face adversity as creators. He asserts further legal action unlikely and warns of future consequences if publishers demand self-censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
PTA
Reporters face bias and omissions in war coverage
A critique of journalistic bias in reporting Third World regimes backed by the United States. Steve Bell admits a built in tilt in coverage of Indochina and other states, noting the neglect of the other side and the need for better access to Marxist ideologies and postwar realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Bell
ABC News
Washington Journalism Review
Bell
United States
Whiting
Ell
Thieu
South
Vietnam
Cambodia
Indochina
Pol Pot
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Gulag
Soviet Union
Bell Sky
el Salvador
Aya‘ollah Khomeini
Fundamenasia
Also Mentioned on This Page
James L. Oberstar
D-Minn
House Public Works and Transportation Committee
Aoe
Carl T. Rowan
Jim Fain
Cox News Service
Mozart
Beethoven
Mike
Royko
Cal
Thomas
Agway Energy
Fom Agway Energy Products
Ofer
Agway Energy Products
Fis
Corral
Aveo
River Road
Wrewerton
York Street
Auburn
Cadinots OF
Call Us
Tos
Eno DacoMm & Dew Agway Energy Products
Puleeks
Main Street
Matone
Washington Street
Heuvelton
T Street
Norwood
Somerville Rd
Gouverneur
Cortland-McGraw Road
Cortland
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!