It is imperative that we stop U.S. banks from giving preferential loans to the Soviet Bloc. We must make sure that U.S. businesses are not subsidized in their trade with the Soviet Bloc. First, it is intolerable for U.S. banks to give better rates … [Read more...] about Guidelines for U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade
SDI is Cost-Effective Defense
Senator Sam Nunn gave his 20-second sound bit for the evening television news a few days ago. SDI, he said, “is a technology, not a theology.” Nunn has it backwards. SDI is indeed a theology – more precisely an ideology – not just a technology. … [Read more...] about SDI is Cost-Effective Defense
Parts of Gorby’s Speech That Didn’t Make Headlines
Soviet Party boss Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t come to New York to deliver the olive branch of peace and renunciation of war. He came to the United Nations to give the fawning liberal media some headlines about promised troop reductions while he … [Read more...] about Parts of Gorby’s Speech That Didn’t Make Headlines
Our Great Opportunity for Real Arms Control
Pressure will be on the Bush Administration to cut defense spending in tandem with domestic spending cuts. However, what we need to spend on defense has no relation whatsoever to domestic spending. Defense spending should depend on the threat to … [Read more...] about Our Great Opportunity for Real Arms Control
The 25th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Assassination
For those of us who lived through the dramatic events of November 22, 1963, the many recent television programs revisiting the Kennedy assassination had a morbid fascination. There still are, as Walter Cronkite opined in his PBS documentary, an … [Read more...] about The 25th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Assassination
Bank and Business Favoritism to the U.S.S.R.
The U.S. banking business is one of our most regulated industries. Bank examiners have vast powers to bring about compliance with strict regulations and standards. So how is it that U.S. banks can get by with lending U.S. depositors’ money to … [Read more...] about Bank and Business Favoritism to the U.S.S.R.
Liberals Make Americans Uncomfortable — October 1988
The 50th Anniversary of Munich
“Peace for our time” was the promise made by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain when he signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler on September 30, 1938. On that fateful day fifty years ago, the West agreed to give Hitler one-fifth of … [Read more...] about The 50th Anniversary of Munich
Playing Games About Drugs
“Zero Tolerance” and “Just Say No!” are quickly becoming de rigueur for anyone aspiring to make a splash in political circles. With the overwhelming majority of Americans looking for strong leadership to overcome widespread drug addiction, … [Read more...] about Playing Games About Drugs
Glasnost and the Katyn Forest Massacre
Glasnost isn’t so open after all. Mikhail Gorbachev’s de-Stalinization campaign ground to a sudden halt when it came face to face with admitting the truth about one of the greatest crimes in history – the Katyn Forest Massacre. Gorbachev had … [Read more...] about Glasnost and the Katyn Forest Massacre
