Almanac Highlights for 205th Day of 2016
Today lists notable birthdays including Emil Jannings Raymond Chandler Anthony Kennedy Don Imus Woody Harrelson Slash Philip Seymour Hoffman Alison Krauss Marlon Wayans Daniel Radcliffe. Also notes Comet Hale Bopp was visible 1996 to 1997 and 1811 prior record. Gymnast Kerri Strug helped 1996 U S win first Olympic women’s team gold.
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Emil Jannings
Raymond Chandler
Anthony M. Kennedy
Supreme Court
Don Imus
Woody Harrelson
Slash
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Alison Krauss
Marlon Wayans
Daniel Radcliffe
Hale-Bopp
Kerri Strug
U.S
Robert Plant
GOP convention in Cleveland tests unity and leadership
Washington column critiques the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It portrays Donald Trump as an erratic candidate, praises Mike Pence as a steadier running mate, notes Ted Cruz’s defiance, and argues the party lacks coherent ideology. The piece says Democrats must show unity in Philadelphia to capitalize. It cites Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post.
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Washington
Mike Pence
GOP
Cleveland
Donald Trump
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Ted Kennedy
Ted Cruz
Trump
Nelson Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Cruz
Melania
Michelle Obama
Trump Organization
Melania Trump
Hillary Clinton
Ben Carson
U.S
Clinton
Pence
Philadelphia
Bernie Sanders
Sanders
Teddy Roosevelt
Ike
America
Trump uses fear and scorched rhetoric at GOP nomination
Jennifer Rubin argues Donald Trump’s acceptance speech leveraged fear and chaos to claim sole leadership. She asserts the speech offered little hope or concrete policy and criticized it as authoritarian, isolationist, and damaging to American values.
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Donald Trump
Republican Party
Trump
America
United States
Law and Order
Charles Lindbergh
U.S
Bernie Sanders, M
Barack Obama
Chronicle Telegram Letters Policy Note
The Chronicle Telegram invites letters to the editor for publication. Submissions should be 250 words or fewer and may be edited for brevity accuracy and taste. Include signature full home address and phone number for verification. mailing fax and email contact details are provided.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Moral decline critique cites Coolidge and Bible guidance
Cal Thomas argues moral collapse threatens the nation citing Coolidge on founding ideals and a Baton Rouge murder scene. He blames licentious culture, calls for unity, clergy healing, and personal renewal through divine guidance, referencing Solzhenitsyn and biblical verses as remedies. He suggests Washington is part of the problem and urges individual will toward renewal.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge
Sid Gautreaux
U.S
Donald Trump
Law and Order
Chicago
Richard Nixon
Washington
Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Almanac
Eugene Robinson
Augenerobinson
Washpost.com
Jennifer Rubin
ISIS
Iran
Iraq
China
the Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Letters
Chroniclet.com
Cal Thomas
Teaeditors
Tribpub.com
Pat Arun
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