President Carter's plan for standing up to the Soviets calls for forcing the maximum personal sacrifices on the segment of Americans who have the least political and financial clout: the 18-and-19-year-olds. Meanwhile, the businessmen and bankers who … [Read more...] about Selling the Rope to the Soviets

As soon as Senator Edward Kennedy puts his presidential campaign on the back burner, he will probably be up front again, in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with his sponsorship of the complete revision of the federal … [Read more...] about The Federal Criminal Code Revision

"Everybody's doing it" is the standard excuse offered by the sinner to excuse his sin. Group responsibility, egged on by peer pressure, is presumed to provide the fig leaf to hide individual guilt for a wide variety of sins: adultery, alcohol, drugs, … [Read more...] about “Everybody” Can’t Sell the Soviets What We Sell

It has become clear that abortion is a tremendous political issue as well as a moral one. Quite apart from the issue of whether unborn babies should be protected from "termination" is the question of which branch of government will make the … [Read more...] about Abortion: A Political Issue

Enormous reams of newsprint and TV time have been consumed with the supposedly bold actions the Carter Administration has taken against the Soviet Union in boycotting the Olympics and imposing the grain embargo. But the continuing receipt of U.S. … [Read more...] about Technology Transfers to the Soviets

"U.S. Warns Soviets With B-52 Flights" proclaimed a headline last month over a wire service story telling. that the Carter Administration had sent "a calculated warning to the Soviet Union" by flying four separate missions of B-52 bombers from Guam … [Read more...] about Signals of Strength and Weakness

The liberal Republican establishment is up to its old tricks -- making desperate efforts to prevent any conservative from winning the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Since their chosen candidate, George Bush, has failed to light any fires … [Read more...] about The Liberal Republican Spoilers

The Soviet combat brigade has resumed field maneuvers in Cuba and the Carter Administration can't do a thing about it. The announcement came from the Administration itself in an apparent effort to prevent leaks about the maneuvers and campaign … [Read more...] about The Soviet-Cuban Connection