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Author: Phyllis Schlafly

The Best Interest of the Dog

The supposed standard for child custody in family courts is the "best interest of the child." The Vermont supreme court has now extended that to the best interest…

Who Killed the American Family?

The British press just reported the result of a new study by academics from Oxford and the University of London that children raised in stable marital homes are…

Immigration Chicanery

The strategists who base their political advice on public opinion polls have just had a surprise. A new poll reports that the American people are now more likely…

Where’s the Payoff in Gambling?

For those who promote legalized gambling as a means of economic development or revitalization, or as a painless way to pay for public schools, the recent news from…

Putin Pushes the Envelope

While the world's attention was distracted by his incursions into eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin quietly made another provocative move that could lead to a direct confrontation…

The Dead-End Road Called Pre-K

After President Obama in his 2013 State of the Union address called for a new federal entitlement for taxpayer-funded free preschool or pre-K for all 4-year-olds, we thought…

Faulty Ideas about Marriage

Political junkies will remember how former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels was being groomed to run for president in 2012 before he made his foolish statement that the next…

Common Core’s Growing Unpopularity

The highly acclaimed school standards called Common Core are becoming so unpopular that they may soon be politically untouchable. The critics are piling on from Glenn Beck to…

Feminists Get Obama to Sue Pennsylvania

A slightly lower pass rate for women on a physical fitness test has prompted the Obama administration to sue the Pennsylvania State Police. This lawsuit is obviously demanded…