Heather Mac Donald, in City Journal (Winter 1995),Manhattan Institute, 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.
In the debate about welfare reform, the "wel- fare" under scrutiny is the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, which assists single mothers and their off- spring. Reformers need to expand their hori- zons, argues Mac Donald, a contributing edi- tor of City Journal. They should take a look at
the federal government's mushrooming wel-
fare for the disabled,...
Adam Gopnik, in The New Yorker (Dec. 12,1994),20 W. 43rd St., New York, N.Y. 10036. .
"Edge" and "attitude" are very highly prized attributes in journalism today. In a front-page story about President Bill Clinton's trip to Oxford University last June, the once-somber New York Times reported that he "returned today for a sentimental journey to the univer- sity where he didn't inhale, didn't get drafted, and didn't get a degree." The president is only 'the most visible...
Adam Gopnik, in The New Yorker (Dec. 12,1994),20 W. 43rd St., New York, N.Y. 10036. .
"Edge" and "attitude" are very highly prized attributes in journalism today. In a front-page story about President Bill Clinton's trip to Oxford University last June, the once-somber New York Times reported that he "returned today for a sentimental journey to the univer- sity where he didn't inhale, didn't get drafted, and didn't get a degree." The president is only 'the most visible...
Christopher Boerner and Thomas Lambert, in The Public Interest (Winter 1995), 1112 16th St. N.W., Ste. 530, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Are poor blacks and other minorities-to add to all their other woes-made to bear more than their fair share of the burden of pollution? A disproportionate number of industrial and waste facilities are placed in their backyards, activists against "environmental racism" assert, and regulators often give owners carte blanche to pollute. In Washington, some liberal...
Christopher Boerner and Thomas Lambert, in The Public Interest (Winter 1995), 1112 16th St. N.W., Ste. 530, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Are poor blacks and other minorities-to add to all their other woes-made to bear more than their fair share of the burden of pollution? A disproportionate number of industrial and waste facilities are placed in their backyards, activists against "environmental racism" assert, and regulators often give owners carte blanche to pollute. In Washington, some liberal...
Craig B.
Stanford, in Natural History (Jan. 1995),
American Museum of Natural History,
Central Park West at 79th St., New York,
epithelium N.Y. 10024.
From Tarzan's Cheetah and Ronald Reagan's co-star in Bedtime supporting cell for Bonzo (1951) to the more recent simian thespian Willie, who stole scenes from Matthew Broderick in
connective tissue
the 1987 movie Project X, chimpan-zees have long been looked upon \ cranial nerve fiber as lovable, if mischievous, crea- tures. Even in the wild,...
' 'The High Cost of Dying' Revisited" Anne A. Scitovsky, in The Milbank Quarterly (No. 4,19941, Blackwell Publishers, 238 Main St., Cambridge, Mass. 02142.
Health-care specialists have been worrying for years about the high cost of medical care given to dying patients. A 1984 study revealed that the six percent of Medicare enrollees who died in 1978 accounted for 28 percent of all Medicare expendi- tures. A powerful force behind the nation's soaring expenditures on health care ($752 billion...