the small but powerful group of people (blacks as well as whites) who do well under the exist- ing system. Riddell concludes that the Ian Smith option entails little structural change, and thus offers little chance of solving basic eco- nomic inequities. The Popular Front option presents huge short-term problems but does address the needs of the poor majority, and "holds out the greatest hope for the war-weary Zimbabweans."
"Between Repression and Reform: A Stranger's Impressions...
the small but powerful group of people (blacks as well as whites) who do well under the exist- ing system. Riddell concludes that the Ian Smith option entails little structural change, and thus offers little chance of solving basic eco- nomic inequities. The Popular Front option presents huge short-term problems but does address the needs of the poor majority, and "holds out the greatest hope for the war-weary Zimbabweans."
"Between Repression and Reform: A Stranger's Impressions...
MichaelVoting On Nelson, in The Nation (Feb. 25, 1978), 333 the Issues Sixth Ave., New York, N.Y., 10014.
At a time when the American public is said to be "turned off" from government and "dropping out" of politics, use of the initiative, which citizens can propose laws and have them voted up or down in general elections, is on the rise at the state and local level. Nelson, a contributing editor of The Washington Monthly, suggests that the time for extending the initiative idea...
Bruce Adams,
in National Civic Review (Jan. 1978), 47 E.
68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
The U.S. Supreme Court decisions of the mid-1960s requiring periodic reapportionment-the decennial division of states into legislative dis- tricts for voting purposesÃ?â??o the basis of "one person, one vote" elimi- nated the gross population inequalities among legislative districts.
However, "the reapportionment revolution remains unfi...
Bruce Adams,
in National Civic Review (Jan. 1978), 47 E.
68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
The U.S. Supreme Court decisions of the mid-1960s requiring periodic reapportionment-the decennial division of states into legislative dis- tricts for voting purposesÃ?â??o the basis of "one person, one vote" elimi- nated the gross population inequalities among legislative districts.
However, "the reapportionment revolution remains unfi...
monitoring all zoning to bar exclusionary schemes or forcing communities to permit a certain amount of low-rent housing as a condition for admitting new industry. States could also agree to absorb all or part of the cost of facilities required by new residents.
"James Madison: The Unimperial Presi- dent" by Ralph Ketcham, in Virginia as Quarterly Review (Winter 1978), Univer-
sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
22903.
No constitutional issue more consumed James Madison than that...
giving Mr. Madison men and money?" asked Gouverneur Morris, former minister to France. Faced with obstructions to recruiting, tax-collecting, and the movement of troops, Madison, like later Presidents, believed that domestic discontent was "the greatest, if not the sole, inducement with the enemy to persevere."
Unlike some later Presidents, however, Madison refused to crack down on dissent, believing that to do so would be "to 'lose' the war waging it incongruously"-by...
~eanneBell Nicholson and ~ebra
W. Stewart, in Publius (Winter 1978), Center for the Study of Federalism, Tem- ple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122.
On June 20, 1977, the Supreme Court held that states were not required to subsidize elective abortions as a condition to receiving Medicaid funds and that state laws could prohibit nontherapeutic abortions at publicly-owned hospitals. This and a subsequent Court decision clear- ing the way for implementing the 1976 congressional provision restrict-...
a single Court decision.
FOREIGN POLICY & DEFENSE
The Enigma "The Historical Impact of Revealing the
Ultra Secret" Harold C. Deutsch, in of Ultra Parameters (vol. 7, no. 3), U.S. Army War
College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. 17013.
Publication of The Ultra Secret by Group Captain F. W. Winterbotham
in 1974 stunned historians by revealing the extent to which the Western
Allies had enjoyed access to the most secret communications of the
German High Command during World War 11. The...
Hitler's decision to maintain
tight radio silence prior to the German surprise attack.
Lasery Laser "Strategic and Arms Control Implica-
tions of Laser Weapons" Barry J. in the Sky Smernoff, in Air University Review (Jan./
Feb. 1978), Superintendent of Docu-
ments, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402.
The United States and Russia are both spending heavily to develop
laser weapons capable of destroying military targets by means of a high
energy beam of electromagnetic...