"Linkage" was supposed to be good when Henry Kissinger tried to link the United States in economic interdependence with the Soviet bloc in order to create a mutuality of self-interest that supposedly would flow over into political policies. "Linkage" … [Read more...] about Linkage: The National Will and SALT II

Would you believe that, if U.S. firms were to build a giant truck-manufacturing plant for the Russians, they could be relied on to build only civilian trucks and not military trucks? The average American would probably answer "don't be ridiculous," … [Read more...] about Lawsuit to Discover Technology Shipments

If your local banker loaned 10 percent of his bank's equity to a company against which there was absolutely no way to repossess anything if the company defaulted, and which might at any time change to hostile management and repudiate the loans, what … [Read more...] about Bad Loans to Iran

Aren't there already enough nuclear weapons to kill everyone in the world several times over? The "overkill" argument is fraudulent emotionalism. There are enough rifle bullets in the world to kill everyone several times over. There are enough drugs … [Read more...] about Questions on SALT II

When a high school student reads "Solomon" as "salami," or "hurricane" as “hammer," something is basically wrong. The error is even more dramatic when a student reads "clergyman" as "groceryman," "pony" as "horse," or "vacation" as "holiday." Such … [Read more...] about The Literacy Hoax

Any idea that the federal Legal Services Corporation is merely a do-good program to provide legal aid for needy people unable to pay for their own lawyers has been dispelled by a frank article in a recent issue of CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW. Two … [Read more...] about Legal Services Shenanigans

American workers are no longer the highest paid in the world. U.S. hourly workers, who now average $5.63, have dropped behind Japan at $6.70, Sweden at $6.13, Belgium at $6.10, and West Germany at $5.76. For decades, American workers’ pay was the … [Read more...] about Following in England’s Footsteps

Within days after boasting that, under the terms of the SALT II Treaty, the United States will be permitted to build the MX mobile missile, the Carter Administration began laying plans to scuttle it unilaterally. The hatchet man is Defense Secretary … [Read more...] about The MX Mobile Missile