Strobe Talbott has two qualifications to be Clinton's chief adviser on foreign policy, especially Russia, and to be waiting in the wings to succeed Warren Christopher as Secretary of State. He was Clinton's roommate while they were both Rhodes … [Read more...] about Weird Writings of Strobe Talbott
Untangling the Truth About Vietnam
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." The end of the year is a good time to untangle some falsehoods that have crept into our history, specifically, on how the Vietnam War got started. In 1964, this is how the … [Read more...] about Untangling the Truth About Vietnam
Arguments for NAFTA Are Not Persuasive
The Canadian voters have just sent a message against NAFTA. I hope Republican Congressmen are listening so they don't have to suffer the fate of Canadian Conservatives. A recent letter signed by a dozen Republican Congressmen, and apparently … [Read more...] about Arguments for NAFTA Are Not Persuasive
Put Directive 13 in Permanent Deep Freeze
With the end of the Cold War and the knocking down of the Berlin Wall, there's no need for national defense any more. Right? cut the defense budget! Demobilize our troops! Close our bases! Cancel SDI! In the middle of 1993, American troops … [Read more...] about Put Directive 13 in Permanent Deep Freeze
Foreign Busybodyism About Children’s Rights
Do you think the United Nations should be able to mandate the "right" of children to refuse to do their homework? Or to be force-fed a curriculum of multiculturalism and other trendy leftist propaganda? That's what may be in the works in the name … [Read more...] about Foreign Busybodyism About Children’s Rights
NAFTA
My interest in NAFTA was piqued when a C-SPAN caller asked if any of the press persons on the panel had read it. When the answer was an embarrassed no, and one expert said he didn't see any necessity to read it, I read the treaty myself, more than a … [Read more...] about NAFTA
Time for a New Look at Immigration
Those who oppose President Clinton's tax increase are usually challenged by reporters to say which federal programs they would cut. Here's an answer: cut out or reduce the billions of dollars spent on immigrants, both legal and illegal. A new … [Read more...] about Time for a New Look at Immigration
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Feminist World View — July 1993
Saint Hillary Sets Out to Cure the World
Even before her health care plan is ready to reveal to the public, Hillary Rodham Clinton has started her bare-knuckles campaign for a "revolution" in American health care. It's based on the customary Clinton tactics of class envy and of demonizing … [Read more...] about Saint Hillary Sets Out to Cure the World
The Public is Deceived About Women in Combat
The Clinton Administration's announcement that women will be assigned to military combat was made on the same day that Ms. Magazine was doing a publicity stunt called "Take your daughter to work." That's the same kind of coincidence displayed by the … [Read more...] about The Public is Deceived About Women in Combat
