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THE MOST VILIFIED EXPANSE OF asphalt in the history of the universe is, almost certainly, the Washington Beltway. Whereas most municipal freeways are associated with fairly mundane evils -- potholes, rush-hour traffic -- the Beltway has come to symbolize nothing less than a looming threat to American democracy. It is the...
The striking thing about many modern special interests is how unspecial they are. Whereas a century ago lobbying was done on behalf of titans of industry, the members of, for example, AARP are no one in particular -- just a bunch of people with an average income of $28,000 who...
The dissonance between the people and their leaders on term limits is deafening. Limit proposals have passed overwhelmingly in every state in which they have been on the ballot (22 so far), but a dozen term-limit bills were introduced in the past Congress and none was debated, even at...
"There are [currently] more than 10 potentially valid therapeutic agents, but each has to be optimized in dosage, at what stage of infection it is first given, and whether it is effective combined with other drugs," Shaw said. "Right now, it can take years to test just two or three...
Americans with disabilities are doing worse in the job market since legislation designed to help them took effect, according to a study just released by Vocational Econometrics, a research firm in Louisville, Ky. The report, based on recent Census Bureau data, shows that since the Americans with Disabilities Act took...