Two separate new studies have just concluded that suicide curricula in the schools and made-for-television movies about teen suicide do more harm than good. The evidence produced by these two research projects knocks the props out from under one of … [Read more...] about Suicide Courses are Dangerous to Your Child’s Health
Say NO to a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
It used to be that, when we talked about nuclear test ban treaties, the only players were the United States and the Soviet Union. That isn’t true any more. Mikhail Gorbachev may be more interested in holding out his hand for U.S. aid and loans than … [Read more...] about Say NO to a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
RU-486 is no Magic Pill
Some people are speculating that the new French drug, RU-486, will be the magic pill of the future, providing easy, morning-after, do-it-yourself abortions which a pregnant woman can administer to herself in privacy, like taking an aspirin. That’s … [Read more...] about RU-486 is no Magic Pill
So That’s Where Our Tax Money Goes! — January 1991
Bush’s Gift to Gorbachev
We laughed nine months ago when Congressman Richard Gephardt (D-MO) called for U.S. foreign aid to bail Mikhail Gorbachev out of his economic problems and consolidate his control. But the Gephardt folly is now a George Bush project. President Bush … [Read more...] about Bush’s Gift to Gorbachev
Education Reporter — December 1990
Where Oh Where Does Our Tax Money Go?
The National Endowment for the Arts got off easy in the uproar earlier this year about its tax-funding of obscene art. Another serious charge that should be made against this Ministry of Culture, which purports to decide which art should be … [Read more...] about Where Oh Where Does Our Tax Money Go?
Look For the Union Label
The 1990 Alabama gubernatorial election may have done to the National Education Association (NEA) what the Bush-Dukakis 1988 election did to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It has become a political detriment to be a member. When the … [Read more...] about Look For the Union Label
A Feminist’s Complaints
It was with extraordinarily poor grace that Sandra Day O’Connor – of all people – made a speech recently at Washington University in St. Louis voicing the tiresome feminist complaint that women are still the victims of “discrimination” and … [Read more...] about A Feminist’s Complaints
Time To Tell the Feminists Bye-Bye — December 1990
