The CIA, which has a consistent record of always underestimating Soviet actions and capabilities, discovered this spring that the Soviet Union is devoting two and a half times as much of its Gross National Product to military expenditures as the CIA … [Read more...] about Build B-1 and Cruise Missile
Speck and Early Parole
A recent resolution introduced into the Illinois Legislature dramatically illustrates the injustice of failing to impose the death penalty for heinous crimes. In Chicago on the night of July 14, 1966, a vicious criminal named Richard Speck … [Read more...] about Speck and Early Parole
Communist Threat in Italy
Italy is the home port of the American Sixth Fleet. Italy hosts a network of American bases and NATO facilities, and is at the center of NATO political and military planning and operations. Italy is also a charter member of the NATO Nuclear Planning … [Read more...] about Communist Threat in Italy
Conservative Victories
Are you a person who says a glass is half full or half empty? When you ask the score of a ball game, do you ask "who's winning?" or "who's losing?" The same facts exist in both examples, but your comment is all in your point of view. Most news … [Read more...] about Conservative Victories
POSTAL MONOPOLY
There is a new slogan sprouting on automobile bumpers that says: "If you like the Postal Service, you'll love nationalized oil." It is a measure of public disaffection with ever slower and ever more costly mail delivery that it has become a … [Read more...] about POSTAL MONOPOLY
UN FAILURE
One of the best ways that the Federal budget could be reduced to save the taxpayers money is to cut our appropriation to the United Nations. We are paying far too high a price for a sentimental loyalty to an organization that has violated its own … [Read more...] about UN FAILURE
How To Cope With TV and Radio Bias — April 1976
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Primary Issues
Under the parliamentary system as they have in England, if the government loses a vote in Parliament on a major issue, a general election is called to sustain or change the party in power. The issues may determine the timing of the election, whereas … [Read more...] about Primary Issues
Conventional Military Comparisons
The powers that be in governmental, academic and communications fields are fond of telling us that nuclear war is "unthinkable," that there is a "balance of terror" between the major superpowers, and that nuclear weapons will never be launched … [Read more...] about Conventional Military Comparisons
