Beltway Books: Words and deeds

New books show politicians and businessmen need both | Doug Bandow

Not only was serious policy once discussed in Washington. It was once discussed eloquently. Evidence of that eloquence comes from Lend Me Your Ears, in which William Safire, former speechwriter to President Nixon and now New York Times columnist, collects some 200 great speeches, domestic and foreign. Government officials once eschewed cheap applause lines in favor of serious challenges and heartfelt tributes.

The latest edition of Government Assistance Almanac has arrived, summarizing 1,370 federal benefit programs. The book simultaneously alerts readers to every grant, loan, scholarship, and other subsidy available from Washington and demonstrates how government has become a vast pork barrel for special interests. Read it and weep.

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