CLINTON’S STATURE AS LEADER WEAKENS WITH EVERY COMPROMISE
Bill Clinton has a flaw that certainly will come back to haunt him if he does not seek to correct it: He looks bad even when he wins. The deficit-reduction...
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A RIVER’S BETRAYAL PROVIDES A LESSON IN HUMAN FAILURE
I grew up on a river, fished in it, swam in it, lolled on its beaches, spent much of my idle boyhood time around it. I have seen it give...
STATUS QUO IS OUT; IT’S TIME TO REWORK OUR SYSTEMS OF TRADE
The gossamer-like results of the economic summit in Tokyo have been woven into an elaborate, fantastic web of triumph by the White House media office. It is the nature of...
PONDERING CHANGES IN WHAT WE CALL ECONOMIC SECURITY
In the retirement-nursing home complex, the residents can play bridge in the game room, exercise in the fitness room, read in the library and watch a giant screen TV in...
WE’RE NOT SO BAD OFF IF DINOSAURS, ETC., ARE MAKING HUGE PROFITS
In Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park," the camera momentarily focuses in on a rack of T-shirts and other dinosaur souvenirs that its fictional developer, Dr. John Hammond, hopes to cash in...
UNPROTECTED STATUS OF TEMPORARY LABOR A THREAT TO US ALL
Jimmie Ruth Daughtrey of Nashville, Tenn., and Wendy Perkins of Scottsdale, Ariz., could teach Bruce Babbitt and Stephen Breyer a thing or two about feeling contingent. Neither Daughtrey nor Perkins...
BENTSEN’S BUNGLING: PERHAPS TREASURY NEEDS A NEW CHIEF
What was Bill Clinton's biggest mistake? Many of you will say it was either the $200 haircut or naming attorney general nominees with nanny problems. Some might mention the nomination...
CLINTON MAKES HIS FIRST MOVE AS A BORN-AGAIN CENTRIST
He has a kind, wise face, a nice demeanor, a curious mix of earnestness and I've-seen-it-all shrewdness. He's a liberal to conservatives and a conservative to liberals, a well-spoken, intellectual...
A PRESIDENCY SHOULD BE MEASURED BY ITS SUBSTANCE, NOT STYLE
It was in Los Alamos, N.M., that I became fully aware of the enormous time, energy and money that goes into the appearance of the president. A sizable crowd had...
CLINTONOMICS VS. REAGANOMICS: A HOUSE DIVIDED
By the time he returned home half-soused and slightly wobbly, his pockets empty, his heart filled with guilt, she had decided on a firm course of action. Heretofore, she announced...