… [Read more...] about Double Standards About the First Amendment — July 1990
Playing Politics with the First Amendment
It looks like the start of a long, hot summer of politicians’ posturing about the First Amendment. It’s time we separate what is and what is not a First Amendment issue and take a look at the liberals’ double standards. The Supreme Court is up to … [Read more...] about Playing Politics with the First Amendment
Conservatism is Alive and Innovative
Some reporters have been gleefully writing about what they call the coming conservative crack-up because, with the falling apart of Eastern Europe, conservatives have allegedly lost Communism as their number-one issue. This is just an example of the … [Read more...] about Conservatism is Alive and Innovative
Self-Esteem and New Age in Public Schools
Self-esteem is the latest fad in the public schools, and educators are starting courses and politicians are creating commissions to manufacture this wonderful quality. A lack of self-esteem is supposed to be the reason why children do poorly on … [Read more...] about Self-Esteem and New Age in Public Schools
Defund the National Endowment for the Arts
Last week’s Senate committee hearing on the annual appropriation for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was carried live across America on C-Span. But C-Span’s TB screen did not and could not show the obscene and blasphemous works of alleged … [Read more...] about Defund the National Endowment for the Arts
It’s Obscene To Call Such Stuff “Art” — May 1990
Promises to “Fix” the Religious Daycare Issue
One of the several reasons why Congress left the Hawkins and Downey daycare bills twisting in the wind at the time of the Christmas recess was a failure to agree on how to handle the ticklish issue of religious daycare. At least a third of … [Read more...] about Promises to “Fix” the Religious Daycare Issue
How to Spend the Peace Dividend
A combination of President Bush’s “read my lips” determination to veto any tax increases plus the shadow of the federal deficit has kept the liberal Democratic Congress from initiating any new spending program. But now, rash talk of a “peace … [Read more...] about How to Spend the Peace Dividend
How To Spend the Peace Dividend — March 1990
A “New Age” for Privacy-Invading Psychiatry — February 1990
