You can't afford a Lexus because of those 100 percent tariffs. Not so fast, says New York Times trend spotter Peter Passell. He says the Clinton administration may use anti-dumping rules to sock the Chinese, who make the lion's share of imported bicycles, with 50 to 100 percent tariffs. Look for higher prices and shortages right around the Christmas season. D.C.-area House members balk at plans to privatize air traffic control, lest they lose the power to micromanage Washington's National and Dulles airports.
Western senators squawk at proposals to privatize federal power marketing agencies.
And House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich opposes postal privatization because his father is a letter carrier. Reeling from criticism of its fundraising letters, the National Rifle Association shows how playing defense can be, well, offensive. Egalitarianism runs amok in Colorado. Starting this year, most Colorado public high schools designate any student with a 4.0 grade-point average valedictorian . At Smoky Hill High, the eight graduates who are at the head of the class of '95 will read parts of a single speech.