When asked by reporters whether she favors curbs on the Internet, which has played a key role in breaking the news about the President's scandals, Hillary Rodham Clinton ominously replied: "We are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, … [Read more...] about The Problems of “Rethinking” the Internet
Big Brother Is Monitoring Us by Databases — September 1998
Big Brother Is Monitoring Us by Databases The hottest issue in America today is our discovery that the Federal Government is trying to tag, track and monitor our health care records through national databases and personal … [Read more...] about Big Brother Is Monitoring Us by Databases — September 1998
“Yale Five” Challenge College Coed Dorms
Five Yale University students have had the courage to challenge the rule that requires students to live in coed dormitories, where many engage in casual sex without shame and most use coed showers and toilets. The dormitory environment features the … [Read more...] about “Yale Five” Challenge College Coed Dorms
Congress’s Secret Plans to Get Our Medical Records
Americans were outraged to learn about the Federal Government's plans to assign a personal identification number to every medical patient. But Congress nevertheless passed H.R. 4250, the so-called Patient Protection Act, which allows anyone who … [Read more...] about Congress’s Secret Plans to Get Our Medical Records
Teachers Unions Stay the Course
The good news is, we were saved from the threat of a mega-union running the public schools when delegates to the National Education Association (NEA) convention this summer repudiated their own leadership by voting down a merger with the American … [Read more...] about Teachers Unions Stay the Course
Power Grab by Executive Order
The President who got by with issuing Presidential Decision Directive 25 asserting his authority to assign U.S. troops to serve under foreign commanders — without any uproar from Congress or the public — apparently now thinks he can get by with an … [Read more...] about Power Grab by Executive Order
Feds Grab for Medical Records
One of the major features of Bill and Hillary Clinton's nationalized health care plan, which the public rejected in 1994, was giving the Federal Government a database of every American's medical records. Each person was to have a Health Security Card … [Read more...] about Feds Grab for Medical Records
Monitoring Americans by I.D. and Federal Database
Two of the principal mechanisms by which the rulers of 20th century police states maintained their control over their people were the file and the internal passport. These governments kept a cumulative file (called the dangan in Communist China) on … [Read more...] about Monitoring Americans by I.D. and Federal Database
Consumers Should Hang Up on the Gore Phone Tax
The Conventional Wisdom circulating in Capitol cloakrooms is that Republicans should not move forward on impeachment of Bill Clinton because (a) polls show the public is nonchalant about his sins and (b) the fear of running against Al Gore as … [Read more...] about Consumers Should Hang Up on the Gore Phone Tax
Calling Activist Judges to the Bar of Public Opinion
Since the Republican Congress has defaulted in its responsibility to use constitutional checks and balances to rein in the imperial judiciary, the Family Research Council sponsored an event at the National Press Club called the Court Jester Awards. … [Read more...] about Calling Activist Judges to the Bar of Public Opinion
