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To the longtime despair of critics, the American political system often functions like a gigantic lubricating station for squeaky wheels. Responding to the skillful pressure of special-interest lobbyists, Congress and successive U.S. Administrations have put into effect myriad federal laws and regulations that stifle competition and tend to raise...
"For instance," says Assistant FEA Administrator Eric Zausner, who directed the entire Independence effort, "we don't have to regulate the auto industry -but then we will have to develop the hell out of Alaska. A lot of the trade-offs depend on basic value judgments that the country...
Gerald Ford, presiding over a republic somewhat less ideal than Plato's, disagrees. Last week, as part of his war on inflation, he urged the creation of a "National Commission on Regulatory Reform" that could indeed act as guardian of the guardians-the deeply entrenched, highly independent federal agencies...
To get the needed coal, Ford requested new strip-mining legislation with "common-sense environmental protection." Nixon had made the same request, and House and Senate bills to regulate surface mining are now in conference committee. But far from giving the coal industry carte blanche, the conference bill is "basically...
If one advocates making abortion a public matter, it is not because one feels that a woman is incompetent to deal with it rationally. Rather, it is because abortion is a societal and moral issue too large for any individual--male or female--to decide in the best interests of...