On December 19 when the Electoral College officially elected George Bush the 41st President of the United States, the CBS-TV Evening News pompously referred to this institution by which we elect our chiefs of state as “antiquated,” and NBC-TV … [Read more...] about Leap Year Foolishness About the Electoral College
George Bush is Right About Taxes
The pro-tax lobby and big media have been engaged since the election in a massive campaign to convince the American people (a) that George Bush’s solemn anti-tax pledge was a phony and (b) that tax increases are essential and inevitable in order to … [Read more...] about George Bush is Right About Taxes
Just Say NO to Tax Increases — January 1989
The American Civil Liberties Union Policies — December 1988
The American Civil Liberties Union
A critic wrote a letter-to-the-editor of one of the newspapers that carries my column and complained thusly: “She confuses my calm, rational thinking with facts.” Well, dear reader, here’s another column of “just the facts, ma’am.” Since the … [Read more...] about The American Civil Liberties Union
Seizing the Moral High Ground of Politics — November 1988
The Radical Antics of the ACLU
When presidential candidate Michael Dukakis labelled himself a “card-carrying member of the ACLU,” he performed a long-overdue and stunningly significant service to the America people. With that one comment, he thrust onto newspaper front pages and … [Read more...] about The Radical Antics of the ACLU
1988 Party Platform Comparisons — September 1988
Media Coverage of the Republican Convention
I’m tired of hearing complaints from the television media that the Republican and Democratic National Nominating Conventions are too long, too boring, should be shortened to two days, or should be better adapted to television. Such comments are … [Read more...] about Media Coverage of the Republican Convention
Death Education in the Classroom — May 1988
