We're learning more every month about what "free trade" really means. Not only does it mean NAFTA, stunning defeats in disputes before the World Trade Organization (too bad for Eastman Kodak, which lost its effort to open up the Japanese market and … [Read more...] about Free Trade = Freedom to Lie on Labels
Confrontation with Clinton over National Testing
President Clinton thinks he's on the popular side in drawing a line in the sand about his plan for national tests. He's wrong; he has misjudged the issue. Senator John Ashcroft has taken up the challenge, promising a filibuster. He already has 26 … [Read more...] about Confrontation with Clinton over National Testing
Global Warning about Global Warming
Finally, the U.S. Senate is starting to assert itself. By passing the Byrd-Hagel Resolution 95 to 0 on July 25, it served notice on President Clinton that the Senate is not going to be a party to reducing the standard of living of Americans in order … [Read more...] about Global Warning about Global Warming
Who Will Stand Up for America Against China?
Why does the Clinton Administration insist on financing the military buildup of China when that huge country could eventually pose a threat to the United States comparable to the Soviet threat that hung over us for so many years of the Cold War? Why … [Read more...] about Who Will Stand Up for America Against China?
The Smoking Gun in the Medicaid Mystery
Medicaid, the federal program that provides health care to people on welfare, is one of the biggest problems that the 105th Congress will have to tackle if it is serious about balancing the budget in the foreseeable future. Medicaid … [Read more...] about The Smoking Gun in the Medicaid Mystery
Reform Starts with Cutting the Cash Flow
You can bet that the Clinton Administration will use the substitution of another African, Kofi Annan, for Boutros Boutros-Ghali as UN Secretary General as an excuse to try to bamboozle Congress to pony up a extra billion dollars in … [Read more...] about Reform Starts with Cutting the Cash Flow
Medicalization of the Public Schools
Indonesians aren't the only billionaires covertly spending big bucks to influence public policy. There is just as big a scandal brewing about private foundations. Unbeknownst to the American public, several billionaire … [Read more...] about Medicalization of the Public Schools
Self-Appointed Monitors Of Corporate Responsibility
The CEO of Cypress in Silicon Valley has just issued an eloquent put-down of the social-responsibility busybodies who are trying to intimidate corporations into selecting their boards of directors on the basis of racial and gender diversity. T.J. … [Read more...] about Self-Appointed Monitors Of Corporate Responsibility
MSAs Are The Alternative To HMOs
Why is the Republican leadership in Congress so strangely silent about the problems with Managed Care and HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations)? Why is the Republican leadership so lame in its defense of Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs), which are … [Read more...] about MSAs Are The Alternative To HMOs
Reject MFN For Communist China
Bill Clinton's policy of cozying up to Communist China by granting Most Favored Nation (MFN) status is in shambles. The question of the moment is, will Bob Dole let Clinton dangle on the limb of his own mistake or save him from … [Read more...] about Reject MFN For Communist China
