One of the outstanding features of the Social Security system for the last 40 years is that it has never reneged on paying benefits to any class of beneficiaries. Social Security affects more Americans than any other institution in America, and … [Read more...] about Social Security: Policies and Proposals

When Defense Secretary Harold Brown submits to questioning by reporters or Congressmen, he speaks so slowly and deliberately that it almost seems he is hoping that his interrogators will run out of time before he has a chance to reveal any important … [Read more...] about Secretary Brown’s Admission

If there ever was a man entitled to say "I told you so," it is Rudolf Flesch, author of a best-selling book 25 years ago called "Why Johnny Can't Read," which presented a depressing picture of the faulty methods used to teach reading in most schools. … [Read more...] about Phony-Phonics Versus Phonics-First

It's bad enough when American taxpayers are forced to finance the export of jobs to Western nations, but it is incredible that we should be forced to finance the export of jobs to the Soviet Union. Yet the State-Commerce Department policy of detente … [Read more...] about Trading Jobs With the Russians

The Carter Administration's plan to fight inflation is to raise taxes and interest rates, increase unemployment, reduce production, and accept a lower standard of living. As explained by Barry Bosworth, former head of the Council on Wage and Price … [Read more...] about The Wrong and Right Way to Fight Inflation

"The Pledge of Allegiance shall be recited each school day by pupils in elementary educational institutions supported or maintained in whole or in part by public funds." So reads the text of an Illinois law recently enacted by the Legislature. In … [Read more...] about The Pledge to the Flag

How would you judge the humanity or the integrity of government leaders who provide for their own protection against enemy attack, but leave their people like sitting ducks, totally defenseless against enemy aggression and weapons? Yet that is … [Read more...] about The Kansas City Proclamation