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...campus radicalism. In his speech, Chomsky claimed the majority of Americans are to the left of both political parties, the media, and academia. Their preferences are not reflected in public policy decisions because America is a “business run” country; the people’s opinion just doesn’t matter all that much. According to Chomsky, the system was set up to disenfranchise the public, and it continues to dictate public policy despite the efforts of the electorate...
...criticisms have their contradictory side: on Capitol Hill, Republicans as well as Democrats denounce Regan for steering the President into an overly combative approach, but the Republicans in almost the same breath go on to accuse him of engineering a ruinous attempt at compromise on the budget. Asked his opinion of Regan, one Republican Senator rolls his eyes and mutters, "Disaster. We go down the tubes if he takes over." Republican Senator Robert Dole carefully chose his words last week on ABC's Good Morning America when asked about the job of getting a budget compromise. "We know...
Among South African moderates, too, a debate has been under way for years as to where the country is heading, whether Armageddon will ever come. Many are convinced that new approaches must be tried, as demonstrated by public-opinion surveys suggesting that large numbers of whites would consider power sharing, and fully expect to live some day in an integrated society. Says Slabbert, the 45-year-old Afrikaner liberal who heads the Progressive Federal Party: "I think Afrikaners are now more willing to explore possibilities of coexistence, and that is definitely a new development." Alan Paton, the author...
...beast. From the start, USA Today editors decided to forgo the dutiful, gray Page One display of a traditional newspaper. "That was the easy part," recalls John Quinn, 59, the paper's editor. "But what should we put on instead? That's tough." The ideal mix, in Quinn's opinion, is a banner story across the top that grabs the reader's attention (SUPER HORSE JOHN HENRY PUT TO PASTURE headlined one issue last week). Another story tries to get a jump on the day's events (CHINA'S LI, REAGAN TALK PACTS TODAY). A third piece, dubbed Cover Story...
Slowly, all too slowly in the opinion of some who work in the field, the show-business community has begun to help its own. Until a year ago many people in the arts, gay as well as straight, seemed to ignore what was happening around them. But when TV Producer Victoria Hamburg helped organize an AIDS Medical Foundation benefit in Manhattan, she quickly got help from Papp and the Shubert Organization, which lent a theater; Mike Nichols, who offered to direct; Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels, who volunteered to produce; and Phil Donahue, who came on as emcee. Performers...