Campaign finance reform blocked in Senate amid critique
The article condemns the Republican led Senate for blocking a floor vote on campaign finance reform. It argues this helps perpetuate the money driven political system, with incumbents benefiting from contributions while reform efforts fail. It notes the stalled reforms would curb corporate and union money and soft money, and recalls the unmaterialized blue rib- bon panel by Gingrich and Clinton.
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Capitol Hill
Senate
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Newt Gingrich
Clinton Verhallagraad
Prante
Kathie Lee and the garment workers plea for reform
The piece criticizes Kathie Lee for public sympathy over a personal setback while ignoring harsh realities in the garment industry. It urges her to push for investigations into sweatshops and union efforts to organize fly-by-night contractors.
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Regis and Kathie Lee
Kathie
Joan of Arc
Oury Renative
Garment Workers Union
Letters on Sweatshops and Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy
A reader denounces sweatshop abuses in major cities and cites the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City, urging action by officials. The letter laments deportation threats, low wages, and inhumane working conditions, recommending Leon Dies's The Triangle Fire.
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New York
Los Angeles
Powers
Triangle Shirtwaist Co
New York City
Triangle
Leon
Veteran angrily protests annual $10 fee for license plates
A veteran recalls serving at Utah Beach and other WWII battles, arguing a decade-long fee perpetually burdens those who served. He laments 28,000 lives lost and asks why veterans pay extra each year for plates that should be free or discounted, calling it a dishonor to service.
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Utah Beach
Netanyahu press conference underscores peace through strength stance
Cal Thomas reports Netanyahu’s Washington visit as a triumph for Israel and a shift toward a new regional approach. Netanyahu denounces the PLO charter, warns of Iran and Iraq nuclear risks, and urges a reality based strategy beyond land for peace while defending Israel’s hardline security posture.
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Washington
Israel
Middle East
Netanyahu
Clinton
White House
Ronald Reagan
Soviet Union
Europe
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine
U.S. State Department
Netan
Netanyahu undercuts peace bids as Middle East talks stall
Holger Jensen reports from Denver that prospects for Israeli Palestinian peace fade as Netanyahu sticks to hard line on land for peace and Jerusalem. Arafat and Clinton voice guarded optimism while Syria and Lebanon's Hezbollah resist.
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Ahmed Tibi
Yasser Arafat
Middle East
Israel
Army Radio
Benjamin Netanyahu
Clinton
Netanyahu
Shimon Peres
Congress
Yahu
Peres
Labor
Jerusalem
Holy
Tel Aviv
Ians
Hebron
Golan Heights
Syria
Hezbollah
Yitzhak Rabin
White House
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House
Kathie Lee
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Palestinian Authority
Africa
West Bank
Cal Thomas
Mideast
Gaza
Arafat
Palestin
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Denver
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