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At 100, we just lost George Shultz, Ronald Reagan’s even-tempered, sober-minded, and far-seeing Secretary of State, who helped end the Cold War, steer passions to reason, bend swords to plowshares. His influence continues and his example shines – not just for what he did, but how. My longest exposure to Shultz was watching him explain to a room full of Senators his worldview.  It was July 1982.  Shultz stood to replace Al Haig, who abruptly resigned at State. I was a young man in Reagan�...

George Shultz https://www.nysun.com/editorials/george-shultz/91413/ The death of Secretary of State George Shultz, coming at a moment when America seeks wise leadership, reminds us of what an impact a major cabinet member can have. And also of an encounter we had with him in Detroit, where, having returned from Vietnam, we started with the Wall Street Journal and, eventually, witnessed Shultz’s capacity to puncture pomposity with his Semper Fi spirit. Shultz was then, as best we recall, Presid...

© Getty Images I was nervous when I first met George Shultz in 2009. I was working at the United States Institute of Peace headquarters. Secretary Shultz had helped fund the building, and my boss, Ambassador Richard Solomon, had worked for Shultz and wanted me to meet him at the groundbreaking ceremony. Aware that Shultz had been secretary of labor, secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, first director of the Cabinet-level Office of Management and Budget, former president of the engin...

Baggage check Print this article Now that the Trump administration has come to an unpleasant and ignominious close, a looming question remains: What will happen to the enmities incurred in what was a famously contentious administration? Many, if not most, former government officials stay in Washington, and they have long memories. Kennedy aide Chuck Daly recently wrote a memoir, Make Peace or Die, nearly 60 years after the end of the Kennedy administration. With post-administration tenures po...

Print this article Vice President Mike Pence is the unsung hero of the past four years. The courage and competence of Pence before and during the assault on the U.S. Capitol last week finally showed the world what has been occurring behind the scenes for the entire Trump presidency. As President Trump blundered from one needless controversy to another, it was Pence who kept the executive branch as a whole from careening entirely out of control. In some respects, Pence did for four years what ...

Four iconic Chet Baker records reissued on vinyl By Adam Feibel Craft Recordings Four of Chet Baker’s most beloved albums from the late ’50s are being reissued on vinyl this year. Craft Recordings is repressing the jazz legend’s catalogue with the renowned Riverside record label between 1958 and 1959. Those four albums are Chet Baker in New York, Chet and Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe. Each album was cut from its original analog master tapes and has been pressed on 180...

Vinyl reissues scheduled for Chet Baker’s iconic Riverside catalog Chet Baker’s iconic Riverside catalog will get vinyl reissues for four titles this March via Craft Recordings. Author: Jan 7, 2021 Chet Baker’s iconic Riverside catalog will get vinyl reissues for four titles this March via Craft Recordings. Los Angeles, CA (January 7, 2021)— Craft Recordings is pleased to reissue four classic, remastered titles from legendary jazz artist Chet Baker. Set for release on March 5...

LETTERS: Was this election fraudulent? StarNews readers sound off on How Richard Nixon behaved better than Donald Trump, removal of Mallard Fillmore and Bottom Liners comics, conspiracy theories, and Why does America love Trump? Wilmington StarNews EDITOR:  In response to 12/4 letter "Country over party should come first," the thought is good, and that is exactly what President Trump is doing by fighting this fraudulent "election."  After the election, all media outlets fell in line to promo...

Both of his predecessors were fired. the president makes it clear on many occasions that he makes all the decisions. everybody reports to him. it really doesnt matter to him that a number of vacancies occur in government because he is the government. and so i think that mick mulvaney is in a situation where he would never go outside his lane. he would only -- he would act at the behest of the president. even strong chiefs of staff go to the president with a big issue. an al haig who had enormous...

President in terms of breaking the law and being an impeachable target for them. theyre going to start the process but they dont have the same kind of clarity that the people who were opposed to richard nixon had because it was so clear that these were criminal acts he was involved in. >> the smoking gun tape, the oval office tapes, that kind of hard evidence of criminality, to bring down a president who was successful in the middle east, who was successful with the breakthrough to china, vietna...