Walk down the street and ask people about some problem that concerns you -- financial, social, legal, psychological -- and more than likely the responses will be "there ought to be a law," or "the government should take care of that." Why is it that … [Read more...] about Government is the Problem — Not the Solution

Gloom and doom have been pouring out of Washington, D.C., warning us about the alleged need to ration gasoline. Cutbacks in some states of as much as 15 percent have been proposed. Energy Secretary Charles W. Duncan announced a plan to permit … [Read more...] about Plenty of Oil Without Iran

St. Thomas said, “Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe." If the Apostle Thomas required such proof, Christians need not criticize … [Read more...] about The Holy Shroud of Jesus

The "trivialization of marijuana" is one of the major problems in curbing drug abuse, according to a panel of five experts who held a news conference recently in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Citizens for Informed Choices on Marijuana (CICOM). … [Read more...] about New Evidence on Marijuana

In the midst of the Iranian crisis, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held four days of hearings on the proposal to repeal the existing laws which exempt servicewomen from military combat. The witnesses for this proposal … [Read more...] about Hearings on Women in Combat

The real explanation for why the great United States had to endure weeks of unprecedented national humiliation and mistreatment of our citizens at the embassy in Teheran was contained in a small AP dispatch which didn't even reach the top of the … [Read more...] about Power Counts, Not “World Opinion”

What do the letters FFB mean to you? Officially, they stand for Federal Financing Bank, but colloquially they stand for Free Federal Bucks. FFB is an obscure, off-budget bank in the U.S. Treasury Department, with only ten full-time employees. It … [Read more...] about Free Federal Bucks

Four international human rights treaties have been signed and sent to the Senate for ratification by President Carter, and hearings have already been held. They could be reported to the Senate for action at any time. The treaties masquerade in the … [Read more...] about The International Human Rights Treaties

We are used to report cards on students and sometimes on teachers, to voting record tallies on Congressmen to publicized platforms of important candidates and political parties, but somehow the accountability process has overlooked the judges. Many … [Read more...] about Holding Judges Accountable