5 Feet of Fury

John Derbyshire: The One Party State

Derb:

Think of some big American national-policy questions of our time.

• Should abortion be unconstitutional?

Why are we in NATO—an alliance created to deter Soviet imperialism—21 years after the Soviet Union ceased to exist?

• Should “chain” immigration be restricted to spouses and dependent children?

• Should race preferences by public agencies be unconstitutional?

• With life expectancy today around 15 years above what it was when Social Security was introduced and seven or eight years higher than when Medicare came in, why have not eligibility ages for these entitlements been adjusted upward to correspond?