EDUCATION DEPT HEARINGS ON PUPIL RIGHTS
The U.S. Department of Education recently concluded a series of seven hearings on proposed regulations for the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. It is a mystery why no…
Author: Phyllis Schlafly
TRUTH IN MONEY
Who creates our U.S. money — and what controls its value? That question is rarely asked; if it is asked, there are few coherent answers and certainly no…
THE SAD STATE OF SPELLING
A Nation at Risk, the title of the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, was the subject of a debate in which I participated in…
DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR DEBTORS
The saddest stories in daily newspapers in recent weeks have been about the foreclosures and forced sales of family farms. The eyewitness news accounts of the auctions, during…
THE PEOPLE PROTECTION ACT
The People Protection Act is a brilliant use of contemporary semantics. Who could be against protecting people? The ABC film “The Day After” certainly dramatized the fact that…
ONE SOLUTION TO THE BUDGET DEFICIT
When the Federal Reserve Board brings out its 70th Annual Report on April 16, it will show the country once again what a lucrative business it is to…
Explaining the 59c Slogan
Network television newscasts have recently been stating, as though it were a fact, that “a woman earns only 59¢ for every $1 a man earns.” Funny thing, though,…
The Truth In Money Book — April 1984
TEENAGE SUICIDE
The rash of teenage suicides in affluent New York suburbs this year has dramatized and publicized a growing national phenomenon. The teen suicide rate has risen 300 percent…
The High Cost of Drunk Driving
It is interesting to watch the way the national television newscasts give dramatic and emotional coverage to the deaths or tragedies of a handful of people, sometimes even…