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Reviving draft registrations will mean that thousands of young men, and possibly women, will again be subjected to government intrusion and channeling. Individuals' rights to privacy and conscience will be casualties of the military buildup. Although registration would undoubtedly be conducted in as low-key a fashion as possible, widespread...
THEY'RE FAMOUS down on Capitol Hill for the ability to revive issues that are better left six feet under. Lately, they've been resuscitating a subject most of us were happy to see bite the dust four years ago. In 1975, then-President Ford watched the Indochina conflict wind...
Carter simply sent to Congress a weak program of standby fuel-saving measures that included a ban on Sunday gasoline sales, a requirement to turn down thermostats in public buildings and restrictions on illuminated outdoor advertising. Whatever limited value the package may have had was undercut when the President told...
Nothing has raised the question more forcefully than President Carter's embarrassing effort in his State of the Union speech to establish his Administration's slogan. Although his staff has had two years to mull over the matter, what they came up with was something called New Foundation...
So he had to settle for second best, though he once swore he never would. "Standby equipment," he contemptuously said of the vice presidency. "I don't think I'm cut out to be a No. 2 type of guy." He was not, but he served Gerald Ford...