Common Cause Magazine articles from September 1995

Common Cause Magazine archives from September 1995

No sacred cows. (the Balkan crisis)
September 22, 1995... The War Lobby In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight Eisenhower warned that "unwarranted influence [exerted] by the military-industrial complex" could have disastrous results on national policy. That sentiment was sounded in...

White House alien policy.
September 22, 1995... The White House has been accused of fumbling on foreign policy and veering in all directions on its domestic agenda. As if that's not enough, there may now be trouble on the final frontier. Some very persistent people - including one named...

This secret agent is orange. (Agent Orange)
September 22, 1995... The Vietnam War ended 20 years ago and President Clinton recently normalized relations with the nation's former enemy, but one of the conflict's most infamous agents continues covert operations on the American home front. The defoliant Agent...

Smoking guns. (smoking ban in military offices and installations)
September 22, 1995... It looked like the Defense Department had gotten that old anti-smoking religion last year when it imposed a ban on smoking at all military installations and offices, and established programs to help military personnel kick the habit. But the...

Friends in high places. (lawyer Clark McAdams Clifford)(includes related article)
September 22, 1995... How Clark Clifford's need to stay at the top of Washington's influence culture led to his downfall. At precisely 10 o'clock on the morning of November 17, 1959, the purple velvet draperies behind the long mahogany bench parted and a clerk...

Manifest subsidy. (government subsidies on private companies)
September 22, 1995... How Congress pays industry - with federal tax dollars - to deplete and destroy the nation's natural resources. Each time a fast-food customer picks up an order of fries, taxpayers pick up part of the tab. Food stamps? No, this is another kind...

Sincerely yours. (Senator Slade Gorton reduces tribal self-governance fund for American Indians)
September 22, 1995... How a U.S. Senator made good on his threat to a home-state Indian tribe. Among Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest, Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) is known as an "Indian fighter." He is also, apparently, a man of his word. In his new...

Electric shock. (deregulation of electric utilities)
September 22, 1995... The utilities industry wants to pull the plug on regulation and leave consumers with the bill. The pitch begins as you pick up the phone. A generic voice offers a 28 percent discount for long-distance calls to your 10 closest friends and...

With public pressure, reform will succeed. (campaign finance reform)
September 22, 1995... On September 7, the U.S. Senate witnessed a critically important bipartisan breakthrough in the fight for campaign finance reform. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) introduced S. 1219,...