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Al Gore Calls Us to a New Religion
Is your old-time religion getting a little stale? Do you feel in need of some spiritual revitalization? If you are interested, then V. P. wannabee Al Gore may be just the prophet you've been waiting for. In his much ballyhooed new book, Earth in … [Read more...] about Al Gore Calls Us to a New Religion
Bill Clinton’s New Covenant
Bill Clinton's New Covenant is a different kettle of fish from Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, John F. Kennedy's New Frontier, and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Whereas those previous slogans seemed to open a vista toward a better future, the … [Read more...] about Bill Clinton’s New Covenant
Has Bill Clinton Changed the Democratic Party?
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton says he wants change. The word “change” is in his every other sentence, which may be the biggest legacy of Ross Perot's foray into national politics. But, as Barbara Jordan intoned: “change from what, to what?” … [Read more...] about Has Bill Clinton Changed the Democratic Party?
We Still Have an Activist Supreme Court
When we elected Ronald Reagan President, conservatives dreamed that we would soon get a strict-constructionist Supreme Court. We hoped for an end to judicial activism -- the practice of writing into U.S. law the social preferences of the sitting … [Read more...] about We Still Have an Activist Supreme Court
TWO SPEECHES IN CONTRAST
Burly Boris Yeltsin bowled them over in Washington when he addressed Congress. And no wonder. A master politician, he had studied his American audience, and he talked our language. He seized the opportunity to speak the truth that only diehard … [Read more...] about TWO SPEECHES IN CONTRAST
Who is the Cultural Elite?
Vice President Dan Quayle has upset a lot of people by his criticisms of the “cultural elite.” I watched a television interviewer hammering him last week. “You were born into a wealthy family,” she said; "you yourself must be part of the … [Read more...] about Who is the Cultural Elite?
Murphy Brown and Dan Quayle
The firestorm over Vice President Dan Quayle’s speech about morals, the Los Angeles riots, and Murphy Brown proves that he touched a tender nerve. The feminists and their friends in the media elite, who are accustomed to setting the national agenda … [Read more...] about Murphy Brown and Dan Quayle
New Myths and Old Political Realities — June 1992
Corporate America Demands Taxpayer Subsidies
With the whole world rejecting socialist central planning and rushing toward a free market, Corporate America is pushing the Bush Administration toward adopting the discredited socialist system. They don't call it that, of course, they call it “an … [Read more...] about Corporate America Demands Taxpayer Subsidies
