The trouble with doing the 'right' thing

Article Abstract:

Laws requiring bicycle helmets and larger warnings on cigarette packages do not address the real problems of bicycle safety and that cigarettes remain cheap and easy to obtain. A plan to equip televisions with a chip to block violent or sexual programming is another useless stop gap measure.

Analysis, Laws, regulations and rules, Television sets, Televisions, Safety regulations, Cigarettes, Bicycles

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Nineties toys in the comfortable cocoons

Article Abstract:

The governments of the US and Canada reflect only the concerns of the comfortable. Even the presidential candidates spend more time talking about leadership and dedication, and not about poverty and unemployment, the most important problems facing the countries.

Political activity, Presidential candidates, Unemployment, Poverty

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The sound and fury of turning 50

Article Abstract:

The economic conditions need to be addressed by leading politicians. Many of those politicians were activists for social change in the 1960s. They should revive their idealism to help facilitate economic changes that will benefit young adults in the 1990s.

Social aspects, Evaluation, Economic policy, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Politicians, Politics, Politics and culture, Culture, Social history

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