New Truths About Old Elections
Political pundits have speculated for years about why the United States has such a low percentage of voter turnout in national elections. I think one of the major…
Author: Phyllis Schlafly
The Moral Corruption of Welfare Statism
Eric Brodin, a Swedish economist who left his native country to become a professor at a U.S. university, is the answer to the Childs-spun mythology about Sweden which…
Who Promoted Sending Women Into Military Combat?
One of the biggest mysteries in the politics of national defense in recent years has been the peculiar push to assign women to serve in military combat. It…
Religion on College Campuses
A case now before the Supreme Court called Widmar v. Vincent is a good example of how the lower federal courts have become more extreme even than the…
It’sTime To Reform the “Imperial” Judiciary — September 1981
Electoral College Reform?
With the regularity of leap year, every four years we hear noises from intellectuals and academicians about abolishing the Electoral College. We are told that it is “obsolete,”…
Limiting the Imperial Judiciary
A few years ago, we heard a lot of talk from the Watergate reporters about the danger to democracy from “the Imperial Presidency.” After many months of hammering…
The Servicemen’s Pension Case
A serviceman’s ex-wife cannot be awarded up to half of his military retirement pay by a state divorce court. That’s what the Supreme Court ruled in McCarty v.…
End Life Tenure for Federal Judges
The nomination of Sandra 0’Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court provides a perfect opportunity to arouse the nation to restore a proper balance of powers among the three…
Tuition Tax Credits
The Reagan Administration’s plan to cut back on federal loans to college students from middle-income families has brought renewed interest in the drive for tuition tax credits. One…