A new day has dawned for Republicans. After being humiliated in the election last November, Republicans have come back to life. And it's such a surprise, not only to the Democrats and to the media, but even to the Republicans themselves. Nobody … [Read more...] about The Easter Resurrection of the Republicans
Bill Clinton: Class Warrior
Who says a President from Arkansas can't be a class guy? In his sales campaign for his economic package, Bill Clinton is showing that he is the most effective practitioner of class warfare our country has seen since Franklin D. Roosevelt railed … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton: Class Warrior
The New World Order Wants Your Children — March 1993
Ethics May Win Out, After All
What's happening is that the voters are getting back at Congress for the pay raise they so dishonestly passed in late 1989, as well as for the tax increase of 1990. Congress thought it had put one over on the voters, passing the pay raise in the … [Read more...] about Ethics May Win Out, After All
The Democrats’ Tax Bill is a Bad Deal
Do you get the idea you are just onlookers watching a charade when you hear about what Congress is doing about taxes? of course, the Democrats' tax bill is not a tax cut at all; it will not reduce federal revenues by $1, but really is a tax … [Read more...] about The Democrats’ Tax Bill is a Bad Deal
Bon Voyage to John Frohnmayer
The with-no-regrets termination of John Frohnmayer as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was long overdue. But one swallow does not a summer make, and now is the time for a total basement-to-attic housecleaning at the agency that … [Read more...] about Bon Voyage to John Frohnmayer
Scandals Shake the Imperial Congress — March 1992
America 2000 is Heading Us into a National School System
Education has emerged as a national issue in a very short historical tine-frame. that speed in itself is newsworthy; the U.S. Department of Education only dates from the Jimmy Carter administration in the 1970s, and Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980 … [Read more...] about America 2000 is Heading Us into a National School System
How to Make Reapportionment Fair
You may think that, in our American democracy, the decisions about who represents you in our national and state legislatures are made when you and your neighbors vote in the general elections in November. In truth, only a small slice of the power to … [Read more...] about How to Make Reapportionment Fair
The Question of Motives
Hour after hour, the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee and the media commentators kept saying that Anita Hill “must be credible because she didn't have anything to gain" by making those sordid charges against Clarence Thomas. As Senator … [Read more...] about The Question of Motives
