Checks and balances, Adams and Wilson.

Opinion. Notes that our government was set up with a system of checks and balances to disperse power and prevent the rise of tyranny, and suggests that the people are the ultimate `check and balance' of this country. The re-emergence of a strong central figure in the president; Woodrow Wilson's `Congressional Government,' a book lamenting the diffusion of power and responsibility to the point that no individual could be held responsible; Details.