Washington Monthly

Influence of Republican Congressional staff - Cover Story Congressional staff are an important influence in passing legislation in Congress, and conservative group head Morton Blackwell realizes this. He trains young Republicans to set their agendas and get legislation passed in his Washington D.C. Leadership Institute, which 100 staff members attended.

Police protection in D.C.: separate and unequal.

Unfair police distribution in Washington D.C. Highly equipped Secret Service police in Washington DC patrol the city's safest neighborhoods, while high crime areas have only poorly managed city police. An 8 mo pilot program that allowed the city to use federal police in bad areas reduced crime by 16%, but was scrapped due to disputes in Congress.

Radical Surgery.

Rich Relations: The American Occupation of Britain, 1942-1945.

Sarajevo Daily: A City and its Newspaper Under Siege.

Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West.

Stories the media miss.

Underreporting of important stories by 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal,' 'Los Angeles Times,' and 'Washington Post' The so-called 'big four' newspapers often do not report on important matters that have direct effects on ordinary citizens. None of the papers, for example, reported on gross overspending by the Navy, incompetent record keeping by the IRS, and the specifics of GATT.

The case for (some) regulation, part 2.

The politics of auto safety regulation - Cover Story The automobile industry has a history of fighting off safety legislation on the design of cars. Through political influence, industry leaders have delayed laws mandating seat belts, safety design and air bags. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader influenced the passage of such laws.

The case for (some) regulation.

Republican anti-business regulation stance - Cover Story The Congressional Republican initiative to freeze new business regulations for six months would end up creating more bureaucratic red tape than already exists. Instead, regulators should be given authority to decide by common sense what are valid and unreasonable rules.

The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War.