Congress and the State Capitols are now experiencing a tremendous push to legislate facilities and funding for the warehousing of children. It's called child care, but whatever it's called, it is institutional care rather than home care; it is care … [Read more...] about WAREHOUSING CHILDREN

A gutsy New York businessman, who puts his money where his mouth is, tried to buy time to air a TV spot to urge an end to federal deficits. Would you believe! All three TV networks refused to air this spot for which New York businessman J. Peter … [Read more...] about CENSORSHIP BY THE NETWORKS

Across the nation today, there is a tremendous push from the education establishment to legislate compulsory full-day kindergarten. Like the proverbial cat, this movement has nine lives. Some propose that kindergarten attendance be made compulsory … [Read more...] about FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN IS HARMFUL AND WASTEFUL

The liberals have been licking their chops in the hope that, as Ronald Reagan's term comes to a close, big media might be able to reassert the kind of total control of the news that they manifested in Watergate. But they shouldn't crow too soon. … [Read more...] about NEW CAMPAIGN TOOL FOR CONSERVATIVES

Majority Leader Bob Dole keeps saying every few weeks that he intends to bring up the Genocide Treaty for a vote in the Senate. Since this United Nations-written treaty has been hanging around the Senate since 1948, what's the hurry? Why is Bob Dole … [Read more...] about GENOCIDE TREATY TRAP

There are rumblings that the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography may turn out to be an embarrassment to the Administration. It looks like it is heading in the opposite direction from what the President wanted and expected. When the … [Read more...] about Concerns About the Pornography Commission

Some people are using the 25th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address of 1961 to trot out a favorite liberal cliché: the claim that Ike warned us against "the military-industrial complex." This argument is out of touch with … [Read more...] about The Military Industrial Complex

"Early Childhood Education" is a phrase now frequently heard at State Capitols and education seminars. In the face of mounting public, private, and employer dismay at the failure of the public elementary schools to teach children the skills and … [Read more...] about EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION