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Emerson, as Whitman put it, brought the...
Rep. Mickey Edwards, in Pol-icy Review (Spring 1989), 214 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Wash- Good Prince ington, D.C. 20002.
"The reigns of good princes have always been most dangerous to the liberties of their peoples," wrote the philosopher John Locke (1 632-1 704), because "their succes- sors, managing the government with dif- ferent thoughts, would draw the actions of those good rulers into precedent."
American conservatives, writes Rep. Ed- wards (R-Okla.), chairman of the H...
Rep. Mickey Edwards, in Pol-icy Review (Spring 1989), 214 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Wash- Good Prince ington, D.C. 20002.
"The reigns of good princes have always been most dangerous to the liberties of their peoples," wrote the philosopher John Locke (1 632-1 704), because "their succes- sors, managing the government with dif- ferent thoughts, would draw the actions of those good rulers into precedent."
American conservatives, writes Rep. Ed- wards (R-Okla.), chairman of the H...
for black interests. In the West, where the races are less polarized, blacks find it easier to win elections and to join the ruling coalition in city hall.
The lesson is clear, says Mladenka. Blacks need not rely solely on Washington or white allies for a larger share of the po- litical pie. In most cities, they can make the political process work in their favor.
"While Justice Sleeps" Terry Eastland, in National ReviewAge and the Court (April 21, 1989), P.O.Box 96639, Washington, D...
Mike Mans- Pax Nipponica? field, in Foreign Affairs (Spring 1989), 58 E. 68th St., New York,
N.Y. 10021, and "Four Japanese Scenarios for the Future" Takashi Inoguchi in International Affairs (Winter 1988-89), 80 Montvale Ave., Stoneham, Mass. 02 180.
Mike Mansfield, the recently retired U.S. ambassador to Tokyo (1 977-89), minces no words: "The most important bilateral relationship in the world today is that be- tween the United States and Japan." To- gether, the two nations a...
Mike Mans- Pax Nipponica? field, in Foreign Affairs (Spring 1989), 58 E. 68th St., New York,
N.Y. 10021, and "Four Japanese Scenarios for the Future" Takashi Inoguchi in International Affairs (Winter 1988-89), 80 Montvale Ave., Stoneham, Mass. 02 180.
Mike Mansfield, the recently retired U.S. ambassador to Tokyo (1 977-89), minces no words: "The most important bilateral relationship in the world today is that be- tween the United States and Japan." To- gether, the two nations a...
some Europeans-and, as al-ways, splitting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Europe 1992 gives Gorbachev the opportunity to do both.
Already, Hungary and Poland have sought stronger ties to the EEC. Assuming a continuation of today's era of good feel- ins "a request for membership an East European country, made in the name of peace and reconciliation. ..would be difficult to reject." That would short-cir- cuit European political union and make impossible the EEC's current...
David Osbome, in The New Republic (April 3, 1989), 1220 19th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Jack Kemp, the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment, may be the only bona fide activist in the Bush cabinet. So it is a safe bet that federal "enterprise zones," Kemp's pana- cea for the nation's blighted inner-city neighborhoods, will become reality before too long.
The problem, contends Osborne, the au- thor of Laboratories of Democracy (1988), is that enterprise...
Susan
'GO Ho~~Ywoo~'? Chnstophenon and Michael Storper, in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (April 19891, 207 ILR Research Bldg., Cornell Univ.. Ithaca. N.Y. 1485 1-0952.
How can America's smokestack industries save themselves? "Flexible specialization,' answer many management specialists. The concept is not just a business-school buzz- word, report Christopherson and Storper, of Cornell and UCLA, respectively. Steel, autos, and a few other industries are al- ready experimenting with...
Arthur Denzau, in Society (MarchIApril 1989), Box A, Rutgers Univ., NewPaul Paid Brunswick, N.J. 08903.
Washington has leaped to defend Ameri- can manufacturers of computer chips against foreign competition; as a result, it has wounded the U.S. computer manufac- turers that use the chips.
This tale of perverse consequences, re- counted Denzau, a Washington Univer- sity economist, begins in 1986. In July of that year, the Reagan administration signed an agreement with Tokyo, ending alleged Japanese...