In one of the recent rowdy fracas in front of the South African Embassy in our nation's capital, Washington's black mayor, Marion Barry, shouted with the other demonstrators, "Reagan, Botha [South African President], you can't hide; we charge you … [Read more...] about Dangers of thr Genocide Convention

The Annual Edition of the Journal of the National Education Association, called "Today's Education," is a primary source of information about the radical and comprehensive goals of the NEA. Here are some quotations from the 36-page NEA "Legislative … [Read more...] about The Radical Agenda of the NEA

Two recent books show the down-side and the up-side of the nation’s mood. The French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel gives the case for pessimism in "How Democracies Perish," while Ben Wattenberg argues for optimism in "The Good News Is the Bad News … [Read more...] about Prophets of Bad News and Good News

Somebody finally came up with the clinching argument against the concept of Comparable Worth. It is unfair to women. That's the argument presented by 15 women who are seeking to intervene in the Comparable Worth lawsuit pending in Chicago where the … [Read more...] about Comparable Worth: Unfair to Women

Journal writing has become a favorite technique in many grades of many schools. On the surface, this sounds like a good exercise to educate students how to write. But that's not the purpose of classroom journal writing. One reader has sent me an … [Read more...] about The Real Purpose of Journal Writing in Schools

Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (known to the public as High Frontier), the non-nuclear, space-based defensive system to enable the United States to shoot down incoming nuclear missiles, is sensible, moral, cost-effective, and … [Read more...] about Can High Frontier Shoot Down its Naysayers

The Sisterhood is Global Institute is the latest excuse for the talk shows and the lifestyle sections to give a new round of publicity to the feminists. Its chairperson, longtime radical feminist Robin Morgan, tells us that the oppressive condition … [Read more...] about Sisterhood Isn’t So Powerful, After All

The radical notion of Comparable Worth is still percolating in a Washington State case on appeal in the Ninth Circuit, but it hasn't scored any points with the U.S. Supreme Court. The high Court last month refused to hear another appeal on the same … [Read more...] about An Incomparably Bad Idea

Commemoration of the religious feast of Christmas reminds us to be grateful that we live in a nation that officially recognizes the birth of Christ by a national holiday. It gives us a chance to recall that our American heritage is religious, not … [Read more...] about Ours is a Religious Nation