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...much is speculation. The less dynamic--and more likely--prospect is for a prolonged political deadlock punctuated by outbursts of popular unrest and made-to-order "movements" centered on the "new ideas" of youthful-looking congressmen and senators. In a decade of Thurowian "zero-sum" economics, American democracy seems capable of fostering only division, not consensus--and certainly not a consensus behind the kind of progressive environmental and economic reforms that the country needs most. Basic changes in the political system--moves toward parliamentarism--are even more unlikely. We will be lucky indeed if America manages to avoid the kind...
...programs mandated by law (welfare, for example), above levels that Congress has authorized? Would lawsuits force the federal courts to decide what spending is or is not constitutional? Says Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont: "The courts would do a line-by-line review of the federal budget," a prospect sure to horrify conservatives who distrust the federal judiciary. The amendment has definite appeal to be sure; while it would not make it impossible for Congress to keep on spending more than it takes in, it would at least help to curtail profligacy. But the amendment also raises enough questions...
...most alienated segment of Polish society is the young. Whether headed for factories or universities, they see no prospect for great personal freedom or even for better economic conditions. Says a University of Warsaw professor: "The state of war has created a generation of opposition." Despite government efforts to tighten ideological controls and reinstitute mandatory classes in Marxism-Leninism, Polish youths are adopting styles of rebellion from their Western peers...
That chilling prospect is one of the possibilities foreseen in Global Insecurity: A Strategy for Energy & Economic Renewal (Houghton Mifflin; 427 pages; $15.95), a sometimes frightening, but still generally hopeful, survey of the energy outlook published last week. The book, which is edited by Political Scientist Daniel Yergin of Harvard University and Martin Hillenbrand, director of the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs in Paris, was prepared during the past four years by a group of mostly academic contributors from the U.S., Western Europe and Japan. They included: Teruyasu Murakami, a senior consultant at the Nomura Research Institute in Japan...
...something to sneeze at. Carl Sr. was the shortstop, Carl Jr. the second baseman. At 15, young Yaz experienced the unusual delight of joining his father in hitting back-to-back home runs. Now his own son Mike, 20, is a senior at Florida State and a major league prospect...