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
Foreign Giveaways to Russia
Few things illustrate the desperate political position of the Democrat’s as clearly as their reversal on foreign aid. The Democrats have been fervent advocates of every foreign giveaway idea that has come down the pike since 1945, and now suddenly, … [Read more...] about Foreign Giveaways to Russia
What’s Happening on College Campuses? — May 1992
Helping George Bush to Understand the Feminists
President George Bush has taken his lumps this year, but some good news has appeared on the horizon. The economy is picking up, the incumbent conservatives won in Britain, the Democrats seem to be hopelessly saddled with the Bill and Hillary … [Read more...] about Helping George Bush to Understand the Feminists
