Is a Con Con Hidden in Term Limits? One of the most popular, successful, and genuine grassroots movements of the last decade has been the movement for Term Limits. All polls show that more than 70 percent of Americans support Term Limits for Members … [Read more...] about Is a Con Con Hidden in Term Limits? — May 1996
The Tide Is Turning Against Federal Education Bills
We've heard a lot about Republican plans to return power to the states. Bob Dole, in his stump speech, ostentatiously pulls a copy of the Tenth Amendment from his pocket, reminding us about the powers that are "reserved to the States respectively, or … [Read more...] about The Tide Is Turning Against Federal Education Bills
MSAs Are The Republicans’ Best Issue
What are Republicans going to do about the top election-year issue, which is jobs, wages and income? Real (inflation-adjusted) weekly wages have dropped almost 5 percent since 1979. Business spokesmen are trying to downplay this data by arguing … [Read more...] about MSAs Are The Republicans’ Best Issue
The Dumbing Down Of America’s Colleges
The 1996 Governors Education Summit at Palisades, New York, spent two days discussing "standards" for what students should learn in public schools. Longtime American Federation of Teachers president Al Shanker gave this concept a reality check. He … [Read more...] about The Dumbing Down Of America’s Colleges
The Dumbing Down of America’s Colleges — April 1996
The Dumbing Down of America's Colleges Finally, a prestigious group of college professors has come right out and said that the emperor (i.e., the Imperial University) has no clothes. Many have long suspected that college education has been … [Read more...] about The Dumbing Down of America’s Colleges — April 1996
Why Do They Call It “Free Trade”?
Why do some people persist in mouthing the mantra "free trade" when foreign countries can and do engage in all sorts of dishonest tactics that interfere with trade, such as devaluation or other manipulation of the value of their money, confiscation … [Read more...] about Why Do They Call It “Free Trade”?
Political Slush Funds
The media are persistently presenting us with reports that voters are "angry," usually with the implication that this condition is the voters' fault and is some kind of a national problem like a social disease. The Heritage Foundation, in a document … [Read more...] about Political Slush Funds
The Great Awakening About Jobs
When Bob Dole said in New Hampshire, "I didn't realize that jobs and trade and what makes America work would become a big issue in the last few days of this campaign," he revealed the cloistered mindset of government officials who have relative job … [Read more...] about The Great Awakening About Jobs
Look Out For Union Politicking In Congressional Campaigns
The theater of the presidential primaries is tending to obscure the fact that the fight is already on in earnest for control of the next Congress. The victory of a liberal Democrat for U.S. Senator from Oregon to fill the seat vacated by Bob Packwood … [Read more...] about Look Out For Union Politicking In Congressional Campaigns
Free Trade, Protectionism, NAFTA, and GATT — March 1996
Free Trade, Protectionism, NAFTA, and GATT Myths and Realities about Free Trade Where does free trade exist? Absolute free trade between countries does not exist. While some pay lip service to free trade, all countries (except perhaps the … [Read more...] about Free Trade, Protectionism, NAFTA, and GATT — March 1996
