Many parents assume that the tests given to their children in public school are only for educational purposes. To the contrary, schools increasingly demand that students answer nosy questions unrelated to academics. That practice may soon end due to … [Read more...] about Court Puts The Lid On Nosy Questionnaires
Where Do Politicians Go In Their Afterlife?
Where do politicians go after they leave office? Politicians and their staffs usually have career planning on their radar screen. Liberal Republican Bob Franks was confronted with this issue during a heated New Jersey gubernatorial primary debate in … [Read more...] about Where Do Politicians Go In Their Afterlife?
What’s Hiding Behind The Student Visa Scandal
A funny thing happened on the way to Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) proposal to take a six-month time-out on issuing visas to foreign students in order to defend Americans from fraud and potential terrorists. She was backed into a corner by an … [Read more...] about What’s Hiding Behind The Student Visa Scandal
Fast Track Is Unconstitutional
Where are all those strict-constructionist Republicans who've been complaining about activist judges who don't respect the fact that the U.S. Constitution gives “all legislative powers” to the Congress? Don't those Republicans … [Read more...] about Fast Track Is Unconstitutional
Is it Assimilation or Invasion?
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, support for the United States has poured in from around the world, but the response from Mexico has been decidedly lukewarm. A Gallup poll reported that 78 percent of Mexicans oppose contributing troops to a … [Read more...] about Is it Assimilation or Invasion?
Why The Democrats Won
“I am ruling out a tax increase,” the new Governor of debt-ridden New Jersey declared the day after his election. He said he is embarking on “an agonizing reappraisal of what government should do, and perhaps more importantly, what … [Read more...] about Why The Democrats Won
Finding Terrorists Inside The United States
The Bush Administration's announcements that it will delay indefinitely the admission of refugees from terrorist countries, and that it will find and deport foreigners who are illegally in the United States because their visa terms have expired, … [Read more...] about Finding Terrorists Inside The United States
Disease Attacks On Americans
The anthrax scare has made Americans suddenly and acutely very disease conscious. Until a few weeks ago, most Americans had never heard of anthrax, and worries about smallpox had been abandoned years ago. While we have yet to learn the source of the … [Read more...] about Disease Attacks On Americans
Defending Our Planes And Cities
The act of war that was committed against America on 9-11 has changed the way we look at many things. I guess we won't hear much now from the conspiracy-debunkers; it had to be a criminal conspiracy that planned and carried out the simultaneous … [Read more...] about Defending Our Planes And Cities
Triad Response to Terrorism
As President Bush has warned us, this is a new kind of war. He is doing a good job of the military and diplomatic legs of the U.S. response to terrorism, but it's up to citizens to insist that the response on the homeland front be effective and … [Read more...] about Triad Response to Terrorism
