Common Cause Magazine articles from June 1993

Common Cause Magazine archives from June 1993

Let's make a deal. (U.S. buys former Soviet Topaz 2 nuclear reactors)
June 22, 1993... A seven-ton Russian nuclear reactor made for use in space now sits in storage in Albuquerque -- perhaps a fitting metaphor for the U.S. government's confusion over how to operate in a world without a Soviet Union. Or it could be just the...

Hard to kill: for every government handout, there's someone who can't let go. (tax breaks and politics)
June 22, 1993... For every government handout, there's someone who can't let go. Two sharply conflicting responses met President Clinton's Death of 150 Cuts, the domestic programs he targeted as unnecessary, wasteful, unjustified or unuseful: Why didn't...

Beachfront bailout. (federal subsidies for coastal development)
June 22, 1993... Thousands of shore homes stand in harm's way but are sheltered by an umbrella of federal subsidies. Mansions are sprouting on the Currituck Outer Banks. Arrayed in subdivisions with names like "Spindrift" and "Buck Island," where a...

Lights! Camera! Health Care! (health care reform forums)
June 22, 1993... A front-row look at the hottest show in town. Welcome to intermission here at C-SPIN's Health Care Reform Theatre. With the release of President Clinton's health care reform plan -- the product of thousands of hours of closed-door meetings...

The king of snuff. (Louis Bantle of U.S. Tobacco Co.)(includes related article on snuff cancer victim Sean Marsee) (Cover Story) (Company Profile)
June 22, 1993... For a brief time eight years ago, two distinct American subcultures clashed in an Oklahoma City federal courtroom: millionaire tobacco company executives, and the people who make them rich. There was Betty Ann Marsee, a registered nurse...

Report from ground zero. (Carole Gallagher, author of 'American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War') (Interview)
June 22, 1993... Photographer Carole Gallagher left New York to pursue a story most Americans would like to forget. When the Atomic Energy Commission began exploding nuclear bombs in the Nevada desert in the early 1950s, it described the area's residents...

American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War.
June 22, 1993... Photographer Carole Gallagher left New York to pursue a story most Americans would like to forget. When the Atomic Energy Commission began exploding nuclear bombs in the Nevada desert in the early 1950s, it described the area's residents...

The cornflake cartel: ever wonder why cereal costs so much?
June 22, 1993... Ever wonder why cereal costs so much? Government attorneys wondered too. Then they were sorry they asked. Any sensible person would be at home -- boiling grits. But life is short. So here I am in the cereal aisle at Safeway, engaged in...

The money behind the movement: term limits is touted as a grassroots uprising. But guess who's paying the bills?
June 22, 1993... Term limits is touted as a grassroots uprising. But guess who's paying the bills? In October the 1992 Washington state term-limit campaign was in crisis: three weeks to go and not enough money for radio ads critical to its effort. So the...

Common Cause 1993 Public Service Achievement Awards.
June 22, 1993... Each year Common Cause honors a group of individuals "who by force of imagination, initiative and perseverance have made an outstanding contribution to the public interest in the areas of government performance and integrity." In a host of...

Pressing forward: the campaign finance reform battle reaches a critical stage. (May 7, 1993 Common Cause press statement) (Column)
June 22, 1993... Today President Clinton has opened the door to fundamental change in the way our campaigns are financed. We applaud President Clinton for his strong leadership on the campaign finance issue and for the overall package of campaign finance...