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"How shall we then govern?" October 28, 2000, Vol. 15, No. 42
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Are we ready to rumble?
Because the aggressor always shows up, we'd better be: Three challenges the next president will face, and how he can use military might to keep the peace
Command Center
Washington is all about spending money, so it stands to reason that any reform administration would require an energetic budget office to spearhead its agenda. Here's how to put that office back to work for good
HUD (Hassle and Urban Dismay)
Why Housing and Urban Development must change: The next HUD secretary needs outcome-based, entrepreneurial approaches that help empower local neighborhoods to break the cycle of despair. Government cannot do it all, but it can at least stop promoting dependency
Just keep the books
Five reforms: Integrity, transparency, plain English, frugality, and limited power. Concentrate on these things and the next Treasury secretary won't have time for mischief
Mr. Spin
The Clinton White House took political "spin" to a whole new level, from which most Beltway journalists believe future administrations will never recover. The next White House spokesman will have to be a big-time spinner, but must he be so bald-faced about it?
Policy, not policing
In the post-cold war world, U.S. policy has been to police the globe; it must change: The next president must enunciate a clear set of policy goals that affirmatively pursues U.S. interests—rather than merely reacts to crises—and promotes human rights abroad. He should focus on protecting religious liberty where it's threatened and stopping the international sex-slave trade. He also needs to change the way we do business in Russia, China, South and Central Asia, and Iraq
Recognize the limits
Move away from command-and-control and toward humility and hope: An action agenda for an agency many conservatives wish didn't exist
Restore public trust
A little impartiality could go a long way: The next president needs to find an independent-minded attorney general—and then set about changing the way justice is administered, from law enforcement to the court system
When will Washington ever learn?
There's a lot not to like about federal education policy, but one fundamental reform should go to the head of the class: Policymakers' emphasis must shift from "saving the system" to helping the kids learn—because, ultimately, education is not about schools; it's about students
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Culture Beat
Culture of the bizarre | by Gene Edward Veith
The tragedy of artistic welfare: The National Endowments have fostered bad art, poor scholarship, and entitlement attitudes; it's time artists and academics face up to the hard work of welfare reform—with a view to making them once again productive members of a truly Great Society
Departments
Thoughts
New Deal never died | by Marvin Olasky
New Deal never died
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