Editorials by Ferdie Deering
  
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  
TITLE DATE
  Nation's Priorities Fall by Wayside No Date  
  But Who Will Protect Us From Our Protectors? 5/31/1974  
  Bureaucracy Triggers Side Effects 6/11/1974  
  U. S. Government Still Can't Farm 6/24/1974  
  Who Will Watch the Watchdogs? 9/17/1974  
  Bureaucracy Overdoes a Good Thing 9/24/1974  
  Bureaucracy Spurring Joblessness 12/27/1974  
 
 
  Federal Lobbyist Into Everything 2/22/1975  
  Food Stamp Dollars Not Nutritious 5/3/1975  
  Caution Warranted in Examining 'National Food Policy' Objectives 5/21/1975  
  Postal Losses, Prices Still Soaring 8/15/1975  
  Government From Cradle to Grave Near Reality in 'Death' Programs 10/2/1975  
 
 
  American Government System OK, But We Need to Get Back To It 3/23/1976  
  Bureaus Still Headless Branch in U. S. 4/16/1976  
  American Government Under Attack 4/22/1976  
  Bureaucratic Blunders Abound, From Lost Books to Gold Bricks 5/6/1976  
  Bureaucrats Seeking New Methods To Control Employees' Pay Scales 7/15/1976  
  Government Agencies Flooding Us With Reports of Every Kind 7/29/1976  
  Fiction of Washington Santa Claus Keeps Bureaucrats Working Full Tilt 12/24/1976  
 
 
  References to Government Power Proves to Be Soberingly Correct 1/26/1977  
  Cooperation Essential for Statistics 2/10/1977  
  Even Carter Throws Up Hands on Reading New Regulations 3/8/1977  
  Congress, Officials Take Status Formerly Reserved for Nobility 3/31/1977  
  Overtone of Defeatism Hindering Country's Bid to Solve Problems 4/26/1977  
  Rats Making National Policy 5/17/1977  
  Postal Service Faces Electronics 6/16/1977  
  OSHA's Impact Escapes Public Eye 8/9/1977  
  Regulations Affect Use of Senses 8/16/1977  
  Bureaucrats Muddy the Waters 9/1/1977  
  Government Hooked on Tobacco 9/6/1977  
  Government Impact Great on Us 11/3/1977  
  Bureaucrats Get Lawmaking Power 11/29/1977  
 
 
  Big Government Opposition Grows 2/16/1978  
  Representative Government Eroding 3/28/1978  
  Bureaucracy's Reasoning 'Nonsense' 5/18/1978  
  Justices' OSHA Ruling a Good Start 6/1/1978  
  Revolt Depends on Eliminating Rule 10/6/1978  
  Policy Should Reflect Mature Nation 10/19/1978  
  Federal Subsidies Villain in Disguise 10/24/1978  
  Congress Should Undo EPA Mistake 12/7/1978  
  Uncle Sam Goes Grubbing for Land 12/12/1978  
 
 
  Worth of Regulations Questioned 1/25/1979  
  Regulatory Revolt May Be Coming 5/3/1979  
  America Sleeps Amid Bureaucracy 9/6/1979  
  Non-Smoking Harmful to Treasury 11/1/1979  
  Now Who Will Bail Out Uncle Sam? 12/4/1979  
 
 
  Government Efficient? Just Look 2/19/1980  
  Federal Land Grabbers Never Quit 3/13/1980  
  If Cars Ran on Federal Schemes . . . 5/13/1980  
  Mount St. Helens Too Much for EPA 6/5/1980  
  Declaration of Dependence in Vogue 7/17/1980  
  Cash Buys Congressional Obedience 7/22/1982  
  Federal Regulations Not Paying Off 7/29/1980  
  'Mess' of Four Years Ago Still With Us 8/7/1980  
  More Goodies Assure More Controls 9/9/1980  
 
 
  Federal Subsidies Lead to Addiction 6/2/1981  
  Nation's Patents System Outdated 7/21/1981  
  'But Leroy Doesn't Want the Ball' 10/8/1981  
 
 
  Uncle Sam Could sell Some Real Estate 3/2/1982  
  Nuclear War Fear Dominates Reason 6/24/1982  
  Are We Scared to Defend Ourselves? 12/28/1982  
  Making Federal Case Out of Barbecue 2/17/1983  
  Make-Work Permanent Phenomenon? 2/22/1983  
  U.S. Provides Big Share of Foreign Aid 3/3/1983  
  Regulations We Could Do Without 6/15/1983  
  Patent Rights Need to Be Protected 6/23/1983  
  Making Life Safer by Passing Laws 7/28/1983  
 
 
  Government Reform a Big Order 1/10/1984  
  When Bureaucrats Rule Management 1/26/1984  
  Our Government Keeping Secrets 2/7/1984  
 
 
  Higher Rates But Not Better Service? 2/14/1985