In THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Shakespeare wrote: "Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long." But how long can it be hidden? A year? Ten years? Joseph Stalin's murders have been rather well hidden for 35 years. It has taken that long for … [Read more...] about SOLZHENITSYN’S NEW BOOK
How Your Taxes Build Up Soviet Power — January 1974
BLAME FOR GASOLINE SHORTAGE
Who is to "blame for the gasoline and fuel oil shortage? The Middle East War? The environmentalists who blocked the Alaska pipeline and California offshore drillings? The politicians who thought frozen tundra and wilderness were more important than … [Read more...] about BLAME FOR GASOLINE SHORTAGE
NATIONAL PROTECTION ACT
When the House of Representatives recently voted 319 to 80 to bar loans and most-favored-nation status to the Soviet Union, it reflected the growing majority feeling of the American people who are fed up with the costly and dangerous policy of taxing … [Read more...] about NATIONAL PROTECTION ACT
INGENUITY AND TAXES
The recent news story about the Michigan man who makes his own gasoline in his back yard is a good reminder that Americans are a most ingenious people. This ex-chemistry teacher named Floyd Wallace feeds leaves, grass clippings, table scraps, coal, … [Read more...] about INGENUITY AND TAXES
FRIENDS AND FOES
Even an ill wind usually blows some good to someone. The ill winds of the Middle East War blew some truths our way which have helped us to identify which nations are friends and which are foes. When the chips were down, the outcome of the war was … [Read more...] about FRIENDS AND FOES
PANAMA CANAL
Negotiations have begun in Panama by our State Department, with the connivance of the United Nations, to renegotiate the treaty of 1903. That is diplomatic language for giving away the Panama Canal. It seems that there are powerful forces in our … [Read more...] about PANAMA CANAL
PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY
"Enjoy your dream of peace just one more day. Hawaii, you will be caught like a rat in a trap." Those were the words of Japanese Admiral Matome Ugaki, Yamamoto's chief of staff, on the day before Pearl Harbor, 32 years ago. That was how the … [Read more...] about PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY
John F. Kennedy
Many memorials have been given this month on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It is good to recall the historic events of his life, but it may be more important to reflect on the causes of his … [Read more...] about John F. Kennedy
DETENTE/SOYBEANS
At the recent AFL-CIO Convention in Miami, George Meany told his laughing audience that "detente is a French word which, in case you didn’t know, means relaxation." It has led, he said, to "Russian-made tanks relaxing on the Golan Heights, and … [Read more...] about DETENTE/SOYBEANS
