Headlines

I have said in the past I'm a news junkie and I have always had a theory that news is cyclical. Well, recently Newsweek published a list of headlines from The New York Times confirming my theory. I found these headlines really interesting and in a strange way hopeful. Check these out:

HEALTH CARE BILL HELD UP OVER FEAR OF LOSS OF JOBS: "Sources said delays in completing work on the bill had been caused by a major disagreement over whether the cost of the proposed program to employers would contribute to unemployment, which in turn would bring both economic troubles to the nation and a political liability to the White House." APRIL 7, 1971

DEMOCRATS DIVIDED ON HEALTH CARE BILL: "One declared that approval of the bill this year was 'very near an impossibility.'" AUG. 11, 1964

INQUIRY INTO HIGH SALARIES PRESSED BY THE GOVERNMENT: "Since last May the Federal Reserve Board has inquired into possibly excessive compensation paid to officers of member banks." OCT. 29, 1933

COST OF EDUCATION RISING IN COLLEGES: "The cost of education for college students has risen...but an index of a general rise in educational prices that has continued for the last five years with acceleration in the last year or two." FEB. 22, 1916

GEESE CRASH INTO AIRLINER: "The pilot...landed the plane, then went to the hospital for treatment." JAN. 4, 1961

THE SIEGE OF KANDAHAR: "No effective work yet done by the Afghans." AUG. 19, 1880

'TEA PARTY' MEETING FIGHTS NEW TAXES: "Charges of 'taxation without representation,' 'confiscation' and 'unwarranted waste' rang in the old South Meeting House this afternoon." JULY 30, 1935

HOW BIG A NATIONAL DEBT CAN WE STAND?: "The truth of the matter is that we do not know whether we have gone as far as we can go in debt...A lot of people are sure we are bankrupt ready." JAN. 27, 1952

'PARTISANSHIP' AND PATRIOTISM: "The charges and coutnercharges of 'partisanship' that have been 'hurled' in the Senate this week have disengaged a good deal of heat." MARCH 29, 1918

IRAN SAYS SHE HAS NO INTENTION TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS: "The Iranian Government denied today that it intended to have nuclear weapons soon. A Government minister quoted the Shah as saying that Iran had no such intentions." JUNE 25, 1974

SHARP CUT IN BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS IS URGED TO BATTLE SHIFT CLIMATE: "The earth has been warmer in the first five months of this year than in any comparable period since measurements began 130 years ago." JUNE 24, 1988