One of the hit tunes from Judy Garland's movie "Meet Me In St. Louis" was "The Trolley Song." "Clang, clang, clang, went the trolley." About the time that movie was released in the 1940s, there was a drive to eliminate streetcars for urban … [Read more...] about Streetcars and Buses
TV Violence
Mark Twain is usually credited with the expression, "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." The same complaint might be voiced about the subject of violence on television. For years, newspapers, magazines, speakers, and … [Read more...] about TV Violence
Socialized Medicine
"Those who warm themselves at the gates of Hell will never go there" is an old saying that warns us to contemplate the discomfort of a fiery eternity before we indulge in the tempting pleasures of the moment. The same lesson is just as applicable to … [Read more...] about Socialized Medicine
Electoral College
The Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments recently approved a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would eliminate the Electoral College and replace it with a direct popular national election in which the U.S. President would … [Read more...] about Electoral College
Inventory on Ford
Since President Ford has just completed his first year in office, it is time to take an inventory. In those matters where he acted on his own, President Ford's record is good. He successfully vetoed several wasteful spending bills. He refused to … [Read more...] about Inventory on Ford
The Federal Housing Fiasco — August 1975
Parent-Locator Law
Congress has finally demonstrated that it can, if it so chooses, crack down on some of the nonsense and waste in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and force the bureaucrats to comply with a sensible program that is beneficial to the … [Read more...] about Parent-Locator Law
Apollo-Soyuz
The ancient Roman emperors used circuses and games to divert the people from addressing themselves to the possibility of self-government. The last four American Presidents have given us manned space spectaculars to divert Congress and the voters … [Read more...] about Apollo-Soyuz
Theories of Creation
Many newspaper articles and television segments in the past few weeks have marked the fiftieth anniversary of the famous Scopes trial in Tennessee -- that dramatic courtroom confrontation between the theory of evolution according to Darwin and … [Read more...] about Theories of Creation
Capital Gains Tax
More than 90 percent of all work in the United States is done by machinery. Without this machinery, there would be no automobiles, trucks, railroads., electric power and appliances, telephones, or the many things that give Americans the highest … [Read more...] about Capital Gains Tax
