Comparing the Two Party Platforms
A reading of the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms should convince most people that there is a fundamental difference between them. In goals, values, and approach to the…
Category: Grassroots Activism
MEDIA QUESTIONS AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
The decision by the three major TV networks NOT to give gavel-to gavel coverage of the Democratic and Republican national nominating conventions enabled the media to exercise significant…
Freeze Campaign Is Flim-Flam, Not Grassroots — April 1983
Hope and Despair
When the American POWs coming home after the Korean War were debriefed by the Army, the doctors discovered that some Gls had become victims of a strange new…
REAGAN’S FAMILY POLICY ADVISORY BOARD
Back during the presidential campaign last fall, Ronald Reagan established campaign links with pro-family organizations by appointing a Family Policy Advisory Board. After the election, the Board issued…
THE PRO-FAMILY FACTOR IN THE ELECTION
Ever since the November 4 election, the pollsters and the pundits have been trying to explain away their failure to predict or anticipate the landslide victory that washed…
GETTING NONVOTERS TO THE POLLS
As America approaches what may be the most important national election of our times, more than 50 million Americans may decide not to vote. In the United States,…
Christians and Presidential Campaigns
The evangelical and fundamentalist Christians are making the politicians very nervous and making presidential politics very interesting. President and Mrs. Carter held a special strategy meeting in the…
Helms’ Appeal to Principle
Senator Jesse Helms’ speech on the final day of the Republican National Convention didn’t make any headlines because it was in competition for the day’s news with Ronald…
THE SINGLE ISSUE MOVEMENT
Anybody who reads or listens to much political commentary during this election year will quickly detect a recurring theme. There is an orchestrated attack on the “single-issue” movement.…