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FOREIGN HANDOUTS
One of the many good effects we can hope for from the recent passage of the new amendments to the Freedom of Information Act is the declassification and release of State Department documents spelling out the full extent of U.S. foreign aid, and what … [Read more...] about FOREIGN HANDOUTS
NOBEL PRIZES
The biggest surprise in the intellectual world during 1974 was the awarding of one-half of a Nobel Prize for Economics to Professor Friedrich von Hayek of Austria -- the leading living scholar espous ing the free-market philosophy. The Nobel Prize … [Read more...] about NOBEL PRIZES
Simas Kudirka’s Gift to America — December 1974
THE RIGHT NOT TO VOTE
After the 1974 election returns showed that only 38 percent of the voting-age population cast ballots the American people have been subjected to recriminations from do-gooders who bemoan the failure of the majority to do their "citizen's duty" and … [Read more...] about THE RIGHT NOT TO VOTE
THANKSGIVING & FOOD
Thanksgiving is the most traditionally American holiday. Its observance was started by the Pilgrim Fathers 150 years before the founding of the United States. A Thanksgiving for abundant harvests is even more approprite in 1974 than ever before. … [Read more...] about THANKSGIVING & FOOD
YOUTH CRIME & SCHOOLS
New York City has recently developed a new problem a big rise in the number of vicious criminals who are only 12 to 16 years old. These adolescent criminals prey particularly on senior citizens -- those least able to defend themselves against … [Read more...] about YOUTH CRIME & SCHOOLS
1974 ELECTION
It was said of the Bourbon kings of France that they kept making the same mistakes because they never learned. The same comment might be made about the Republican Party. If there is anyone subject Republicans ought to be expert on, it should be … [Read more...] about 1974 ELECTION
WELFARE CHEATERS
Much as we all hate to pay taxes, most people do support a strict enforcement of the tax laws by the Internal Revenue Service. We are usually resentful when we discover that the very rich took enormous deductions or paid no tax at all. If we do not … [Read more...] about WELFARE CHEATERS
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
President Gerald Ford's veto of the amendments strengthening the Freedom of Information Act provides new proof that this All American football player is becoming the victim of a bureaucratic blitz, and that he is losing touch with the thinking of … [Read more...] about FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
