Both sides in the abortion debate, as well as the activist media, are beside themselves with frustration that they haven’t been able to find out which side Supreme Court nominee David Souter is on. He gives every indication that he intends to carry … [Read more...] about David Souter Ducks Media Abortion Bias
Who Are the Real Censors? — August 1990
The Spending is More Obscene Than the Art
The picture in the advertisement caught my eye, as of course it was intended to do. The visual of that courageous Chinese student facing down the tanks in Tiananmen Square is always a grabber. But the text was downright ridiculous. It conjured up … [Read more...] about The Spending is More Obscene Than the Art
Education Reporter — July 1990
How Children Acquire Values
The National Commission on Children has held a series of hearings to explore the problems of children. As we emerge from the “Me” decades of the 1970s and ‘80s, it is encouraging that someone is addressing the needs of children. The last hearing … [Read more...] about How Children Acquire Values
Parents Strike Back Against New Age
Finally, parents are starting to have some success in their efforts to eliminate New Age religious practices from the public school classroom. A strong policy prohibiting the use of these techniques in public schools was passed in June by the … [Read more...] about Parents Strike Back Against New Age
Double Standards About the First Amendment — July 1990
Education Reporter — June 1990
Death Education Courses are a Tragedy
Of all the psychological experimentation that takes place in the public school classroom, courses in depth and dying are the strangest and often the most secret. A courageous father and mother in suburban Chicago, whose sone was a victim of one of … [Read more...] about Death Education Courses are a Tragedy
Comparable Worth Proven a Failure
The evidence is now in. The concept called “Comparable Worth” is as wrongheaded and counterproductive as critics predicted when this feminoid notion emerged in the late 1970s. It is a relic of the Big Brother extravagances of the LBJ Great Society … [Read more...] about Comparable Worth Proven a Failure