Taking sides : clashing views on controversial political issues / edited, selected, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Is American government dominated by big business? / Thomas Byrne Edsall, David Vogel -- Has party reform succeeded? / William J. Crotty, Tom Wicker -- Do political action committees undermine democracy? / Fred Wertheimer, Herbert E. Alexander -- Do the news media have a liberal bias? / William A. Rusher, Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky -- Does Congress need to be radically reformed? / Paula Dwyer, Douglas Harbrecht, Nelson W. Polsby -- The presidency versus Congress : should divided government be ended? / James L. Sundquist, Richard P. Nathan -- Does the government regulate too much? / Thomas Gale Moore, David Bollier, Joan Claybrook -- Should the federal courts be bound by the "original intent" of the framers? / Robert H. Bork, Leonard W. Levy -- Will tougher sentencing reduce crime? / Stanley C. Brubaker, Linda Rocawich -- Is capital punishment justified? / Walter Berns, Mary Meehan -- Is affirmative action reverse discrimination? / Stephen L. Carter, Herbert Hill -- Should "hate speech" be protected? / Nat Hentoff, Stanley Fish --

Should drugs be legalized? / Ethan A. Nadelmann, James Q. Wilson -- Are the poor being harmed by welfare? / Robert Rector, Barbara Ehrenreich -- Is the national debt a national liability? / Benjamin M. Friedman, Robert L. Bartley -- Does the United States need socialized medicine? / Nancy Watzman, John C. Goodman -- Was Roe v. Wade a mistake? / William H. Rehnquist, Harry A. Blackmun -- Should there be a "wall of separation" between church and state? / Edd Doerr, George Goldberg -- Should national self-interest be the basis of American foreign policy? / Alan Tonelson, Joshua Muravchik -- Is America declining? / Edward N. Luttwak, Robert L. Bartley.