Never underestimate the hypocrisy of draft dodging moralists
Mike Royko argues that antiwar moralists of the Vietnam era abandoned principles when U S policy shifted. He contrasts protesters who taunted Lyndon Johnson with current Clinton White House aides, questioning consistency on just war and congressional approval for action. He cites Ho Chi Minh, UN policy, and civilian casualties to challenge antiwar rhetoric.
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Ho Chi Minh
Lyndon Johnson
Clinton White House
Clinton
United Nations
Iraq
Congress of the United States
Saddam Hussein
Debates Too Close For Comfort In 1996 Campaign
The Dallas Morning News reports on the evolving rules for the presidential debates as campaigns haggle over participants formats and timing. Perot and Nader are discussed as potential inclusions while reforms aim to reduce panel questions in favor of direct candidate confrontation.
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Bob Dole
Clinton
Dole
Reform Party
Ross Perot
Nonpartisan Commission On
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Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate
Green Party
Nader
Kansas
League of Women Voters
John Anderson
Jimmy Carter
Anderson
Ronald Reagan
League
Carter
Reagan
Richmond
Dole flips on poison gas treaty amid election pressure
The piece notes Senator Dole, once aligned with Reagan and other GOP leaders backing a treaty to outlaw poison gas, shifted to oppose it just before a Senate vote. It argues the treaty creates a framework to isolate rogues, improves enforcement versus none, and cautions about losses to U.S. chemical exports and overreach of inspections.
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Robert Dole
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
James Baker
Brent Scowcroft
Colin Powell
Richard Lugar
Senate
Dole
Trent Lott
Jesse Helms
Jon Kyl
Reagan
United States
This Day in History and Births for September 16
On this day dates span 1782 Washington used the Great Seal in negotiations, 1908 GM founded in Flint, 1982 Sabra Shatila massacre noted. Births include Parkman, Bacall, King, Falk, Baylor, Begley Jr, McEwen, Yourt, Hershiser. Amos Alonzo Stagg quote highlighted.
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George Washington
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Bashir Gemayel
Sabra and
Shatila
West Beirut
Francis Parkman
Lauren Bacall
King
Peter Falk
Elgin Baylor
Ed Begley Jr
Mark McEwen
Robin Yourt
Orel Hershiser
Amos Alonzo
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stand By Your Man Veers Into Celebrity Adultery Debate
Sue Hutchison weighs how women react to Dick Morris and wife Eileen McGann posing for Time cover. Readers spar over forgiveness and public shaming, noting cultural pressure on married celebrities and the fantasy of revenge. The piece surveys female anger, sympathy, and the appeal of vicarious payback in a media age.
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San Jose Medical Center
Time Magazine
Dick Morris
Eileen McGann
Gennifer Flowers
Hillary Clinton
Bill
Joan of Arc
Joan
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