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Headline of the Week: researcher links moonshine to CANCER. (N.Y. Times, Aug. 22.)

“Keynesian economics and the welfare state in some form are now orthodoxy among American leaders.” The preceding quote just about sums up the results of a Columbia University survey of 456 of America’s richest, most powerful and most influential people. Most of the leaders are doveish on Vietnam and foreign policy in general; two-thirds believe the U.S. has “contributed to the escalation of cold war by overreacting to Soviet moves.” As for the kids, a majority of Amerika’s leaders agreed with the statement: “The rebellious ideas of youth contribute to the progress of society.”

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Headline of the Week: researcher links moonshine to CANCER. (N.Y. Times, Aug. 22.)

“Keynesian economics and the welfare state in some form are now orthodoxy among American leaders.” The preceding quote just about sums up the results of a Columbia University survey of 456 of America’s richest, most powerful and most influential people. Most of the leaders are doveish on Vietnam and foreign policy in general; two-thirds believe the U.S. has “contributed to the escalation of cold war by overreacting to Soviet moves.” As for the kids, a majority of Amerika’s leaders agreed with the statement: “The rebellious ideas of youth contribute to the progress of society.”