Solzhenitsyn's warning on American moral strength
The editorial reviews Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Harvard commencement address and his critique of Western society. It highlights his warning that moral strength, not diplomacy or force, is the best defense against totalitarianism and questions whether the United States is meeting that test.
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Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Gulag
West
Harvard University
Mr. Solzhenitsyn
United States
Congressional Quarterly
President Carter
Carter
Kennedy
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Go Forth Ezra Pound Go Forth A Commencement Tale
A veteran writer recalls giving a commencement speech at a prestigious upstate college with Ezra Pound as an unexpected guest. The piece traces the satire of honorary degrees from the 1960s to the 1970s and ends with Pound sitting silently through the ceremony, prompting reflection on public displays of achievement.
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N.Y
Youth of
Samoa
Supreme Court
America
United States
Byzantium
Upstate New York
Ezra Pound
T.S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Pound
The Laffer Curve Architect behind the Tax Revolt
The 37 year old economist Arthur Laffer, based in Palos Verdes, reshapes Republican policy with the theory that tax cuts boost revenue. His ideas, supported by Kemp and Waniski, push for deeper tax cuts and reduced capital gains taxes while provoking GOP and Democratic debate about deficits and public services.
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Field Enterprises Inc
Palos Verdes
Calif
Los Angeles
Arthur Laffer
University of Southern California
Republican
Washington
Laffer
John Maynard Keynes
Dr. Laffer
Jack Kemp
New York
Jude Waniski
The
Wall Street Journal
Kemp
Sen
William Roth
Delaware
GOP
Laffer-Kemp-Waniski
William Steiger
Wisconsin
Steiger
Art Laffer
Kemp-Roth
California
Conservatives on the Upswing
Conservative fortunes appear to be rising after decades of disappointment as signs of a resurgence emerge amid poor Carter administration performance. The piece notes shifting optimism in the 1974 House elections as a backdrop.
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Carter
White House
Letter to the Evening Star on guns and politics
A reader critiques a May 31 editorial opposing handgun registration while supporting gun rights for the poor. The letter contrasts banning the Saturday Night Special with rights for the less affluent and notes political shifts in 1977 1978, with conservatives gaining in legislation and Senate dynamics amid Carter era debates.
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the Star
The Son of Big Shot and Ford Indicted? A Look at Ford�s Indonesia Case
A long, critical summary traces Henry Ford II's circle in a 1970s Indonesia bribery case tied to a 30 million dollar deal. It questions the Justice Department’s handling, back-dating, and possible hush money while urging Audit Committee probes into who ordered misleading records and who knew what. The piece argues against a blanket “big-shot crook” label and notes Ford’s admission of an inaccurate record and possible early retirements.
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Washington
Carter
Henry Ford II
New York
Liberia
White House
Robert Strauss
Henry Ford
Ford
John Martin
Department of Justice
Justice Department
I.T.T
Hughes Aircraft
Harold Webb
Fred Becker
Justice
Philip Caldwell
Lee Iacocca
Stanford Business School
Times-Mirror Company
New York Times Company
Gulf Oil
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Washington Star Syndicate Inc
the Evening Star
Americans For Democratic Action
House
ADA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Michigan
Bob Carr
Mr. Carter
Humphrey-Hawkins
Big Shot
New York Times News Service
Jimmy Carter
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts III
Lewis H, Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Eve Edward P. Offley
Winchester Evening Star Inc
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