How business, doctors and journalists prey on your food anxieties I
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Waffling Away the Time<br />
THE 30 tto`-rEa of the Bill Clint<strong>on</strong><br />
presidence have produced too many<br />
"The% had to use a truck to deliver<br />
it to the IRS ."<br />
-A .xDREIV FERGUSON,<br />
snapshots rather than larger portraits,<br />
too much focus <strong>on</strong> tactics <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
The LTasi3iugt<strong>on</strong>ian<br />
too little <strong>on</strong> a strategic oNervie«', <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> '~<br />
too much of a leader with an infinite j Peace is not the absence of c<strong>on</strong>faith<br />
in his abilin• to recreate or repackage<br />
himself oaer <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> over .<br />
This is a White House that plays<br />
the angles, too often with a Sngerr up<br />
to test the political winds, leaving<br />
mam" voters baffled as to what, if<br />
anything, this President st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for .<br />
Democrats, ranging from Capitol<br />
Hill !iberaLs to the most wise seniors<br />
of the partv in Washingt<strong>on</strong>, are desp<strong>on</strong>dent<br />
about the President these<br />
davs, [for] after two <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> a half years<br />
there's little c<strong>on</strong>fidencc that Bill<br />
Clint<strong>on</strong> has a set core of c<strong>on</strong>victi<strong>on</strong>s .<br />
-ALaFRT R. HUNT,<br />
Wall Street Journal<br />
Argument for a Flat Tax<br />
S1Nca 1954, says Arthur Hall of the<br />
Tax Foundati<strong>on</strong>, the income tax code<br />
has grown from 103 secti<strong>on</strong>s to 698 .<br />
The tax code itself is four inches<br />
thick ; additi<strong>on</strong>al regulati<strong>on</strong>s come to<br />
another nine inches-these are necessary<br />
to explain the first four inches .<br />
Former [RS commissi<strong>on</strong>er Shirley<br />
Petersen sa~s <strong>on</strong>e multinati<strong>on</strong>al corporati<strong>on</strong><br />
recently filcd a tax return<br />
of 21,000 pages in 30 volumes .<br />
28 .<br />
flict, but the ability to cope with<br />
c<strong>on</strong>flict by peaceful means .<br />
-RONALD Rea.GAN, in R<strong>on</strong>ald<br />
Reagan : The Wisdom <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Humor of the Great<br />
Communicator, edited by<br />
FaFDE ucsc J. Ri,an Jx.<br />
Why Not?<br />
OUR KIMD OFNATIOV 7$uln 'es not <strong>on</strong>ly<br />
<strong>on</strong> Gross Nati<strong>on</strong>al Product but <strong>on</strong><br />
Gross Nati<strong>on</strong>al Happiness . We arc the<br />
<strong>on</strong>ly nati<strong>on</strong>, so far as I know, that has<br />
included am<strong>on</strong>g its dedared purposes,<br />
"the pursuit of happiness ."<br />
-DdN'[EL B00fiSTIN, in foreword to<br />
Treasures of Tbe Librarr of Corr<br />
gress, by CFLk RLES A . GoooRVM1t<br />
Tune In to This<br />
"<str<strong>on</strong>g>How</str<strong>on</strong>g> l<strong>on</strong>g have you been feeling sluggish?"<br />
T~ F_ ,vitsstvF <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> largely hidden<br />
costs imposed by the [FCC] <strong>on</strong> the<br />
American c<strong>on</strong>sumer <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ec<strong>on</strong>omv<br />
should be tolerated no l<strong>on</strong>ger . In all<br />
sectors of the telecommunicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
industrv-«'ireline, «ireless, broadcast<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> satellite-the regulatorv system<br />
created by the 1934 Communi-<br />
cati<strong>on</strong>s Act is the greatest obstacle to<br />
competiti<strong>on</strong>, lower prices, new products<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> services . The FCC's recent,<br />
rapid growth has occurred at a time<br />
rvhen every sector of the industry has<br />
been growing more competitive .<br />
Americans are entitled to a modern,<br />
efficient, cost-ePfective government<br />
that furthers the traditi<strong>on</strong>ai<br />
American values of fair play <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
competiti<strong>on</strong> . A nesr approach is<br />
needed ,•'or a new time . NVithout massive<br />
government regulati<strong>on</strong>, prices<br />
fall, technology develops quickly,<br />
new products <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> services are introduced<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> jobs are created .<br />
-JEFF EIScSacH, president,<br />
Progress & Freedom Foundati<strong>on</strong><br />
~enerati<strong>on</strong> Net<br />
ScxF'S Docvti : Pereenrage of college<br />
students who have purchased products<br />
via the Internet, according to a study<br />
by the Hanigan C<strong>on</strong>sulting Group :<br />
0 .3°/a . Percentage who use the Internet<br />
for e-mail <strong>on</strong>ly : 71 .7% . Percentage<br />
who plan to subscribe to an <strong>on</strong>line<br />
service up<strong>on</strong> graduati<strong>on</strong> : 32 .8% .<br />
-Nem York magazine<br />
Yen for Mischief<br />
J.aP:xNESE looking for a saav to misbehave<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> not get caught bv wives or<br />
other c<strong>on</strong>cerned parties have solved<br />
their problem in typical Japanese<br />
fashi<strong>on</strong>, with technolog` .<br />
A Japanese cable radio nen work,<br />
Cable Raciio Usen, offers listeners several<br />
"alibi stati<strong>on</strong>s" that transmit hours<br />
of background noise, including the<br />
sound of pachinko pariors <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> train<br />
stati<strong>on</strong>s . "Many people ask bar o«ners<br />
to change the channel temporarihfrom music to an alibi stati<strong>on</strong> while<br />
thec make a call," says hami Aki,vami,<br />
a spokcswoman for the company .<br />
Other channels offer the sound of<br />
coffee shops, teleph<strong>on</strong>e booths <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
malrj<strong>on</strong>gg games . The train stati<strong>on</strong><br />
has the rumblings of mass transit<br />
complete with announcements like<br />
"watch 1'our feet ." The senice costs<br />
6,000 yen, or S71 a m<strong>on</strong>th .<br />
-J .',-VtfiS GoRMdN,<br />
Neiv York Times _Wagaaine ~<br />
Forbes 0 August 14, 1995<br />
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