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It is a murky business, trying to specify the ideological differences between Democrats and Republicans, boll weevils and gypsy moths; even the traditional differences between liberals and conservatives get cloudy when people call themselves moderates, pragmatists, middle-of-the-roaders. Thomas Sowell, an economic historian at the Hoover Institution at...
Although Reagan claimed the arms sales were an attempt to cultivate "moderates" in Iran, the evidence shows that this was partly a cover story. Reagan repeatedly focused on the hostages. When he first approved the arms shipments, his go-ahead was based on a memo saying such shipments "may well...
They will have plenty of company. Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt will formally announce next week, and former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt will do so in early March. Delaware Senator Joe Biden, who has been collecting consultants and giving rousing speeches, said last Friday that he definitely plans to run, and...
Nonetheless, the momentum for welfare reform is building rapidly. Since late November, welfare overhauls have been advocated by four high-level bodies: the American Public Welfare Association, a coalition of welfare administrators; the Project on the Welfare of Families, a group led by moderates of both parties; a task force...
U.S. dealings with Iran have been portrayed as an overture to moderates led by Speaker of the Parliament Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Actually, CIA sources say, Ghorbanifar had persuaded the entire political leadership of the Islamic republic, including Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi and Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, designated...