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...returning to crime. Lots of researchers have tried to sort out the strength of these two effects, without much success. With early release, then, the question becomes, Does it make them more criminal because they think, 'I got away with it,' or less criminal because they think, 'The system has been really nice to me'? No one knows the answer...
...with a National Strategy Bureau (NSB) reporting to the Prime Minister. The NSB will be key in budget and diplomatic-policy formulation. The DPJ also wants to improve government transparency and crack down on conflicts of interest by eliminating amakudari, or "descent from heaven," a system whereby retiring bureaucrats are posted to plush private-sector jobs. "This is a new way of doing business in this country," says Curtis. "[But you] can't bash and demoralize [the bureaucrats]. The DPJ has to find a way to enlist them on their behalf...
...Kennedy could do this not just because he was a politician of conviction, though he was, and not just because he had a loyal, large and talented staff, though he did. He could do it because the U.S. political and constitutional system enables, indeed encourages, the active involvement of legislators in lawmaking. From outside the U.S., the prism through which American politics is viewed is normally that of the presidency. But that can be misleading. Article I of the Constitution is not concerned with the presidency at all (that's covered in Article II), but the legislature. In constitutional terms...
...power of Congress and its individual members goes to a larger truth. With power distributed between three branches of government, and between Washington and the states, the U.S. has a distinctly fragmented political system, one that has many pressure points available for those with an ax to grind or a proposal to advance. (Think health-care reform.) By comparison with other democracies, that can make for a messy system of government, in which you can never be quite sure how things will get done, or what players hold strong hands. Moreover, because the U.S. is so powerful, its national system...
...closed doors by sophisticated officials have a habit of blowing up when exposed to the bracing inquiry of congressional leaders and their lobbyist friends. That can, indeed, be a trial. On the other hand, the evidence of the last 200 years or so would suggest that the U.S. political system has not served its nation badly. As David Brooks of the New York Times argued recently, "the founders created a government that was cautious so that society might be dynamic." Put it this way: Any constitutional structure that throws up a lawmaker like Ted Kennedy ain't too shabby...