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...joke. Baker--whose career as the "Observer" of The New York Times will hit the two-decade mark this year--has seen the opportunities for political satire boom. Just last week, for instance, he "observed" that conservatives are, in fact, more fun-loving guys to party with than self-righteous left-wingers. Another recent Baker series teased--in the gentle but pointed fashion that is his trademark--the Reagan White House for, among other things, its Meese-heavy decision-making style...
...These righteous admonitions by the Greeks were especially resented by the French, who had sponsored the Chad resolution. Said one exasperated diplomat: "The Greeks' nuisance value has been so high since they came into the Community that I sometimes think we would have been better off if they had stayed...
...much talk" about limited nuclear war and that "this talk should be terminated." Reagan's latest speech has also helped. Maybe when the rhetorical belligerence dies down on this side of the Atlantic, the caterwauling on the other side, the whining of the Europeans and the self-righteous propagandizing of the Soviets will do the same. Or at least there will be less excuse...
...Workers '80 shows why. The propaganda piece is as gripping as old T.V. footage of the civil rights movements, for there actually is moral energy here, actually a righteous and unco-optable underdog, actually a clear, courageous and sharp challenge to all the bullshit. May be no other episode matches the Polish revolution of 1980-81 for demonstrating the power of people to act peacefully, but forcefully, to overturn the old and corrupt; for all its technical flaws, this movie captures the spirit and the fact of that revolution and should be seen by anyone who gives a damn about...
...THEORIES of supply-side economics are hardly the scientific laws their self-righteous proponents claim them to be. Only absurd faith can justify belief that they are more than a political ruse to subsidize the indulgence of large-corporations and the affluent with the sufferings of the needy. It's like a trick with mirrors, the political maneuverings, and the legislation, the theories and the ideology covering for a system that guarantees injustice for the larger population. This time. David Stockman got caught in the middle...