The recent news story about the Michigan man who makes his own gasoline in his back yard is a good reminder that Americans are a most ingenious people. This ex-chemistry teacher named Floyd Wallace feeds leaves, grass clippings, table scraps, coal, … [Read more...] about INGENUITY AND TAXES
POPULATION EXPLOSION
The Christmas season is a time for children — and also a time to explode the myth of the alleged population explosion. Our birthrate today is only two children per family. We have already reached Zero Population Growth, and the birth rate is still … [Read more...] about POPULATION EXPLOSION
THE PRAYER AMENDMENT
It has been eleven years since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision banning prayers from public schools, but it still is a mystery how any judge could say that prayer violates the First Amendment, when all that Amendment says is that … [Read more...] about THE PRAYER AMENDMENT
FRIENDS AND FOES
Even an ill wind usually blows some good to someone. The ill winds of the Middle East War blew some truths our way which have helped us to identify which nations are friends and which are foes. When the chips were down, the outcome of the war was … [Read more...] about FRIENDS AND FOES
PANAMA CANAL
Negotiations have begun in Panama by our State Department, with the connivance of the United Nations, to renegotiate the treaty of 1903. That is diplomatic language for giving away the Panama Canal. It seems that there are powerful forces in our … [Read more...] about PANAMA CANAL
PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY
"Enjoy your dream of peace just one more day. Hawaii, you will be caught like a rat in a trap." Those were the words of Japanese Admiral Matome Ugaki, Yamamoto's chief of staff, on the day before Pearl Harbor, 32 years ago. That was how the … [Read more...] about PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY
RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Perfect Happiness to some women is never having to worry about expenses, to some it is having a staff of servants, and to others it is taking luxury vacation cruises. Judged by these worldly standards, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis should be perfectly … [Read more...] about RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Meditations on Morality — December 1973
GASOLINE PRICE CONTROL
Last Sunday, as my family was enjoying pot roast and discussing the energy crisis, my youngest son suddenly piped up and said, "Say, Mom, whatever happened to the beef shortage you were complaining about a couple of months ago?” The answer to that … [Read more...] about GASOLINE PRICE CONTROL
John F. Kennedy
Many memorials have been given this month on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It is good to recall the historic events of his life, but it may be more important to reflect on the causes of his … [Read more...] about John F. Kennedy
