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...leaving behind a fat appetite for sheer spectacle. Not always by design, the Clinton Administration is far and away the most entertaining in recent memory (excepting, of course, its wonky bits). Nannygate, the $200 haircut, Gore- Perot, Whitewater, Troopergate, Hillary's commodities trades ... we've had a government in chronic sweeps mode for more than a year...
...many large U.S. cities, a new breed of chief executive is performing fiscal triage. Urban reformers from both parties have fixed on programs grounded in austerity, responsibility, safer streets and the wooing of business through lower taxes. Managers rather than politicians, they apply private-sector solutions to chronic urban woes and switch over to the technocratic jargon without pause. Such savants include Bret Schundler of Jersey City, New Jersey, Frank Jordan of San Francisco, and Stephen Goldsmith of Indianapolis, Indiana, the so-called Prince of Privatization, who refers to his citizens as "customers." Goldsmith believes in "marketizing" his city -- making...
What does this mean for the average American? Today's family can no longer without a serious risk of long-term, chronic health threats. Scientists have already proven that children born of mothers exposed to industrial chemicals like PCBs have significant cognitive deficits. Clearly the Clean Water Act has failed. The question remains, what can be done about...
...About 25% of surgeries to implant tubes in children with chronic ear infections are undertaken too hastily, a new report says. The recommendation: more extensive antibiotic treatment...
Together with this chronic anger, the mistrustful Nixon had a passion for secrecy. He repeatedly launched military operations without telling his own Defense Secretary, Melvin Laird, and major diplomatic initiatives without telling his Secretary of State, William Rogers. All major actions went through his White House staff members, particularly National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and Nixon's two chief domestic aides, Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman...