Every prosecuting attorney knows that, no matter how conclusive the eyewitness and circumstantial evidence, it is next to 'impossible to convince a jury to return a conviction unless a plausible motive for the crime can be presented. Human nature … [Read more...] about AIKEN’S EXPLANATION
DR. BURNS’ WARNINGS ON GOLD
Just before gold went on sale in the United States for the first time in 40 years, Chairman Arthur Burns of the Federal Reserve System criticized those Americans who bought or planned to buy gold. He said that buying gold could divert dangerously … [Read more...] about DR. BURNS’ WARNINGS ON GOLD
UN-APPROVED EXPROPRIATION
By a vote of 120 to 6, the United Nations General Assembly recently approved something called a "Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States." It would be more accurate to call it a Charter for Stealing Private Property. Sponsored by the … [Read more...] about UN-APPROVED EXPROPRIATION
PARTY CONVENTION RULES
There are two basic approaches to permitting people to partici pate in their government. The first, called functional representation, is based on the theory that society is made up of different constituencies, including labor, business, church, … [Read more...] about PARTY CONVENTION RULES
The West Virginia Textbook Case — January 1975
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
