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…
Category: Liberalism and Conservatism
Single-Issue Voters — September 1980
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…
REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM
There has been a persistent effort in some quarters to propagate the myth that the Republican Party Platform adopted by the Convention in Detroit is somehow the most…
The Republican Party Platform — August 1980
The Kissinger Power Grab — August 1980
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.…
Selling the Rope To The Soviets — June 1980
THE WAR HAS ALREADY STARTED
When Secretary of State Cyrus Vance returned from his trip to Western Europe soliciting support for Carter’s boycott of the Moscow Olympics, he expressed surprise and disappointment at…
GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM — NOT THE SOLUTION
Walk down the street and ask people about some problem that concerns you — financial, social , legal, psychological — and more than likely the responses will be…