The Great Debate About Reading Goes On and On
The “phonics-first” versus the “look-say” method of teaching children to read has been a burning education controversy ever since the publication of Rudolf Flesch’s 1955 book “Why Johnny…
Author: Phyllis Schlafly
The Liberal Biases of the Movie-Makers
Are the movie-makers deliberately selling us leftwing, liberal propaganda on political and social issues? Or, are they merely free-enterprise entrepreneurs who are interested only in making fast bucks…
Social Policy in the Income Tax
The federal income tax is much more than a device to raise revenues to pay the costs of government. Nestled within its intricate rate structure and complicated layers…
An Object Lesson in Why the Media Lack Credibility
A new high (or low, as you prefer) in media creation of artificial issues was reached in the advance reporting of the recent 93rd annual convention of the…
Abortion and Holocaust Parrellels
The appointment of Bishop John J. O’Connor to the “first among equals” post of Catholic Archbishop of New York has sent a powerful message through the Roman Catholic…
Will Education Dept Hearings be Published?
Will the Department of Education publish — or censor — the record of the seven days of hearings it recently completed across the country on regulations for the…
Questions Raised by the Medal for Whittaker Chambers
The orchestrated antagonism of the media against President Ronald Reagan for awarding the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Whittaker Chambers is a fascinating example of a Pavlovian-style conditioned…
Will The Education Department Hearings Be Published? — May 1984
Unisex Insurance Suffers Fatal Blow
When Congressmen had to choose between voting for a mandate for total gender equality in insurance (the Unisex Insurance bill) and voting for an amendment to allow lower…
WHAT IS PAY EQUITY?
Hearings were held recently by the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee on a bill “to promote pay equity” (H.R. 4599). “Equity” means justice, but what is…