How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show-and-tell
On a winter's day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents showed up in a building in Pittsburgh, borne by someone who most certainly wasn't supposed to have them. As a different sort of show and tell unfolds in Washington over the mishandling of state secrets by the Trump and now Biden administrations, the schoolgirl episode from four decades ago stands as a reminder that other presidents, too, have let secure information spill. The Grade 8 escapade and one known as Debategate both involved the mishandling of classified documents that Democratic President Jimmy Carter used to prepare for a debate with Republican rival Ronald Reagan in Cleveland on Oct. 28, 1980.
news.yahoo.comA bright, shining disappointment: Solar power
In the Southwest, solar generates a mere 6.4% of utility-scale power. And in the late 1990s, lawmakers began to adopt renewable portfolio standards, which require power suppliers to generate or purchase โgreenโ electricity. Enjoying both free fuel and government-conferred advantages, the solar industry should dominate the Southwest. Utility-scale solar, in community after community, faces resistance from locals. D. Dowd Muska is a senior fellow at the Southwest Public Policy Institute in Rio Rancho, N.M.
myrgv.comJimmy Carter announces he would not support sending and American team to Moscow Olympics
On January 20, 1980, President Jimmy Carter appeared on โMeet the Pressโ to make a historic announcement. Moderator Bill Monroe asked Carter if he supported sending a U.S. Olympic team to the summer games in Moscow. Carter replied, โNo. Neither I nor the American people would support the sending of an American team to Moscow with Soviet invasion troops in Afghanistan.โ
news.yahoo.comDodge, deny or fib: Candidates stay vague on 2024 plans
Presidential aspirants running for reelection while dreaming of the highest office in the land often face an uncomfortable question: Will they commit to serving a full term โ should they win one โ when their best moment to take a shot at the White House may come sooner than that.
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In the letter to the editor of Aug. 1, โVoter switch spurs comment,โ It seems the writer insulted all residents not only in suburban areas but also in Cameron County, considering there are no suburbs in the Valley, by referring to them as having a ridiculously short attention span by asking why they had voted one way in previous elections.
myrgv.comDavid McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died.
Biden calls former VP Mondale 'giant' of political history
President Joe Biden has saluted his โfriend of five decadesโ Walter Mondale, traveling to the University of Minnesota to remember the former vice president and Democratic Party elder whose memorial service was delayed for a year due to the pandemic.
Black lawmakers blast plans for monument to Justice Thomas
Georgiaโs Republican-controlled Senate voted Monday to erect a monument to conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native Clarence Thomas after heated debate and objections from several Black senators, one of whom called Thomas a โhypocrite and a traitor.โ The monument would be financed by private donations and would be erected somewhere at the state Capitol if the measure were to receive final passage. Statues honoring people at the state Capitol are generally put up after their deaths.
news.yahoo.comCivil rights lawyer, professor Lani Guinier dead at 71
Lani Guinier, a civil rights lawyer and scholar whose nomination by President Bill Clinton to head the Justice Departmentโs civil rights division was pulled after conservatives criticized her views on correcting racial discrimination, has died.
The Green Lantern Theory Destroyed Jimmy Carterโs Presidency. Now Itโs Hitting Joe Biden.
Mario Tama/GettyThe problem with being a president who promises to clean things up after a villainous predecessor is that the press corps treats you like a superheroโwhich sounds like a good thing until you realize that just means you get blamed for things you canโt control.Thatโs what happened to Jimmy Carter, and itโs whatโs happening to Joe Biden now thanks to what Dartmouth political scientist Brendan Nyhad has called โthe Green Lantern Theoryโ in which voters believe a president can do anyt
news.yahoo.comWhy people clean the bones of their dead relatives every year in this Mexican village
In the days leading up to Dรญa de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, families in Pomuch, Mexico, take their deceased relatives' skeletons out of their tombs for their annual cleaning. The ritual is said to originate with the Mayans, and today, only Catholics here practice it. The pandemic has kept people away from the cemetery for the past two years, and younger generations are unlikely to carry on the tradition for much longer.
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