The Irangate/Contragate Soap Opera isn’t playing in Peoria, a shocked eastern newspaper headline proclaimed. While press and political persons in our nation’s capital view it as compelling, the rest of the country is saying ho-hum. The hearings are … [Read more...] about WHAT THE SECORD TESTIMONY REVEALED

At last the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to enforce the law. Its recent action is in response to public demands that have been escalating for several years. In his last act before departing as FCC chairman, Mark Fowler joined … [Read more...] about CRACKING DOWN ON RADIO INDECENCY

The Washington Post recently ran an editorial masquerading as news which started on page one and consumed an entire inside page. "Appointing Loyalists as Envoys" was the title, and the reader’s attention was attracted because it was illustrated with … [Read more...] about FOREIGN SERVICE IMPUDENCE

Did Gary Hart self-destruct, as the media claim? Or was he the victim of a vendetta that transgressed the bounds of responsible journalism and extended to peeping-tomism and personal harassment in a stake-out to destroy his candidacy? The press was … [Read more...] about The Lessons of the Gary Hart Soap

Although we are conditioned to accept newspapers as the daily bearers of bad news, the Hearst Corporation has fired a real blockbuster at us. Since this is the year of the Constitution’s Bicentennial, Hearst decided to find out how much the American … [Read more...] about PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTITUTION

A group of distinguished persons from the North American continent gathered recently in the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Rooms to proclaim the lasting vitality and relevance of the Monroe Doctrine. It was an event of political, historical and … [Read more...] about REVITALIZING THE MONROE DOCTRINE

It’s been hard to turn on the tube or pick up any newspaper during the past six months without being confronted by news reports calculated to raise our awareness about AIDS, including its devastating effect, its financial cost, and its galloping … [Read more...] about A Program to Battle Aids