Almanac Brief for June 238 2010
Today summarizes key events and figures tied to 2010 midyear. Highlights include Red Barber’s television MLB debut in 1939, Soviet ICBM test in 1957, notable birthdays such as Lee De Forest and Branford Marsalis, and quotes from Ben Bradlee. It notes De Forests audion tube invention and Russia’s 2008 missile stockpile. Moon phase spans Aug 24 to Sept 1.
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Red Barber
Soviet Union
Lee de Forest
Albert Sabin
Ben Bradlee
Branford Marsalis
Macaulay Culkin
Russia
Pop culture wisdom and national discourse collide
Kathleen Parker laments a fractured American narrative as debates over mosques, civil rights, and political theater clash with ideals of unity. She cites Newman, King, Lennon, Beck, Sharpton, and Obama to argue that fear and marginalization undermine shared national meaning and hinder progress toward consensus.
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Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
America
Sarah Palin
Obama
Democrats split over letting Bush tax cuts expire
CNN poll shows broad support for letting tax cuts for the rich expire among most voters, with 56 percent in the Northeast and 54 percent in the Midwest, while only 43 percent in the South back expiry. Democratic Senate candidates in red states weigh how to frame the issue.
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CNN
Huffington Post
Sam Stein
Robin Carnahan
Missouri
Jack Conway
Kentucky
Brad Ellsworth
Senate
Indiana
Charlie
Melancon
Louisiana
GOP
Red
South
Northeast
Midwest
West
Biracial birth claim and political satire in letters
A 1961 الاس alleging a biracial infant born in Kenya to influence a future presidency is cited as fiction, while readers are urged to blame consumers for unemployment. The writer mocks both birth conspiracy theories and consumer spending, contrasting 12 percent unemployment with past 5 percent rates.
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Kenya
United States
Brooklyn
Rush Limbaugh
Glenn Beck
Mazzola's killer bear drew mixed reactions from readers
A front page piece spurred letters about wildlife rights with Sam Mazzola quoted on animal welfare. Elyria readers debate whether wild creatures belong free in nature or confined for safety.
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Sam Mazzola
Mazzola
Bear
Mark Shuster
Elyria
GOP struggles to change topic before midterms
Seattle Times columnist Lance Dickie argues the Republican Party offers few public policy ideas as it opposes a plan to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero. He contends GOP focus on fear and deficit denial, while Democrats push health care, reform, and job creation nationwide.
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Republican Party
U.S
GOP
World Trade Center
R’s
Ground Zero
Obama
Bush
Clinton
South Carolina
Georgia
Nebraska
Tennessee
Iraq
Afghanistan
Pentagon
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Doonesbury
Sally
Garry Trudeau
MTBYS
Sen
New York
Paul Newman
Rodney King
John Lennon
Nietzsche
Bonhoeffer
Freud
al Sharpton
Luke
Newman
King
Los Angeles
Washington
Beck
Martin Luther King Jr
Sharpton
Kathleen Parker
Kathleenpe
Washpost
Greg Sargent
The
Washington Post
Voices
Washingtonpost.com
Pete Penn
Sheffield Lake
Chronicle-Telegram
the Chronicle-Telegram
Letters
Chroniclet.com
Lance Dickie
Seattle Times
Idickie
Seattletimes.com
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