By a single vote, the U.S. Senate tossed into the “circular file” the big “education” boondoggle that Ted Kennedy was trying to foist on the American people and President Bush. The taxpayers can breathe a sigh of relief that the deficit won’t be … [Read more...] about The Phony Education Bill Bit the Dust
Questions for Bill Clinton
At the end of NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday, all the panelists were asked to state a question they would like to ask a Presidential candidate. The rest of us can play the game too. Here are some questions I would like to ask Bill Clinton. Why … [Read more...] about Questions for Bill Clinton
Clinton’s Secret Plan to Tax the Middle Class — October 1992
Censorship vs. Parents’ Rights
A funny thing happened. on the way to People for the American Way's annual press release on “censorship.” The usual laundry list of complaints about library books and supplementary reading such as Huckleberry Finn and Catcher in the Rye have faded … [Read more...] about Censorship vs. Parents’ Rights
The Social Injustice and Economic Folly of Family Leave
Family Values is the buzzword that is supposed to trigger votes in 1992 -- both George Bush and Bill Clinton use the phrase daily. But there’s a fundamental difference between the two candidates' definition of the tern. To the Democrats, Family … [Read more...] about The Social Injustice and Economic Folly of Family Leave
Education Reporter — September 1992
Hillary Clinton’s Paper Trail
One of the amusing diversions on early fall television is the way the political pundits are treating women in this so-called “year of the woman.” The Democratic women candidates for office (such as Carol Moseley Braun and Dianne Feinstein) are … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton’s Paper Trail
Comparing the Two Party Platforms
A reading of the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms should convince most people that there is a fundamental difference between them. In goals, values, and approach to the institutions of family and government, the two parties are headed in … [Read more...] about Comparing the Two Party Platforms
Comparing the Two Party Platforms
A reading of the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms should convince most people that there is a fundamental difference between them. In goa1s, values, and approach to the institutions of family and government, the two parties are headed in … [Read more...] about Comparing the Two Party Platforms
MEDIA QUESTIONS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The decision by the three major TV networks NOT to give gavel-to gavel coverage of the Democratic and Republican national nominating conventions enabled the media to exercise significant control over the message by the questions they asked the … [Read more...] about MEDIA QUESTIONS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
