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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mentioned that Trillin is a columnist. He is not particularly well-known, however, because he writes his satirical columns for The Nation, the far-left weekly magazine (a "pinko rag" the author calls it, perhaps covering himself as a patriotic infiltrator for the next Red Scare) that hides in the rear racks at Out-of-Town News and has a circulation which competes neck and neck with The Crimson's. Thus the great virtue, of this predictably superb sampling of his column, Uncivil Liberties: you actually get to read the pieces, rather than hear about them second-hand from...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: Laughter on the Left | 5/1/1985 | See Source »

WASHINGTON Post columnist Joseph Kraft charged Khomeini in a 1983 editorial with "the tactic of hiding destructive national policies in the cloak of religiosity"--thereby getting in the nifty extra dig that Khomeini is insincere...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Bad, Bad Imam | 4/18/1985 | See Source »

...Reagan, is the closest thing to an official Administration reading of the lessons of Viet Nam. But some rude jeers greeted the Weinberger doctrine. Luttwak, for example, called Weinberger's views "the equivalent of a doctor saying he will treat patients only if he is assured they will recover." Columnist William Safire headlined a scathing critique ONLY THE 'FUN' WARS, and New York Democrat Stephen Solarz, who heads the House Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, pointed out, "It is a formula for national paralysis if, before we ever use force, we need a Gallup poll showing that two-thirds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: Lessons From a Lost War | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

Past Godkin speakers include former Attorney General Elliot I., Richardson '41 and noted conservative columnist George F. Will...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: Moynihan Kicks Off Godkin Lectures | 4/9/1985 | See Source »

Wanda: What Susan B. had in mind is that women should be able to do whatever men do. Even William Safire, the Ferraro-bashing columnist on the New York Times, thinks she was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Pitching Motherhood and Pepsi | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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