Can one person really make a difference in this country of 250,000,000 people? The life of General Daniel O. Graham, who passed away on New Year's Eve, gives a stunningly affirmative answer. Dan Graham, whose first love was the cavalry, liked to … [Read more...] about Kudos For General Dan “SDI” Graham
Stop Federalizing Local Crimes
The hearings and report of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information prove again the importance and value of Congressional investigations. This function of Congress operates as the best, and often the only, … [Read more...] about Stop Federalizing Local Crimes
The Health Care Dilemma of Patients Who Can’t Read
"Our health care system requires that patients be able to read." That ought to be a self-evident truth that is silly to enunciate, but it is actually the sensational revelation of a major problem just made public in the December JAMA (Journal of the … [Read more...] about The Health Care Dilemma of Patients Who Can’t Read
Censure the President’s Bosnian Expedition
"To sin by silence makes cowards of us all." Where is the Republicans' call for the censure, or even the impeachment, of President Clinton for his unconstitutional, unauthorized, unfunded and unwise ordering of American troops into a foreign war in … [Read more...] about Censure the President’s Bosnian Expedition
Bilingualism Is The Wrong Way To Go
For the last five years, Political Correctness has forced the academic (and much of the political) world to pay homage to the new sacred cows called multiculturalism and diversity. Those are usually used as code words to challenge the assumption that … [Read more...] about Bilingualism Is The Wrong Way To Go
America Has No Business in Bosnia
So President Clinton wants to send 20,000 American soldiers to Bosnia. The man who ducked out of serving in the Vietnam War now says it's our duty to send other men's sons to fight a foreign war. Clinton says he has already committed 20,000 troops … [Read more...] about America Has No Business in Bosnia
Perpetuating Pugwash Brainwash
The granting of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, a long-moribund organization, and to one of its last remaining members, 86-year old Polish-born Joseph Rotblat, reveals the bias of the grantors. … [Read more...] about Perpetuating Pugwash Brainwash
Republicans Want Answers From Presidential Candidates
We can debate whether or not the media really tell us what to think, but they surely tell us what to think about. The 1996 presidential election is still almost a year away, but the media have been forcing us to think about it since the beginning of … [Read more...] about Republicans Want Answers From Presidential Candidates
Don’t Turn the Clock Back to Rockefeller Republicanism
Ever since the four-term phenomenon of Franklin D. Roosevelt, two very different factions have wrestled for control of the Republican Party. On the one hand are the grassroots Republicans, Main Street Americans, who labor in the precincts to elect … [Read more...] about Don’t Turn the Clock Back to Rockefeller Republicanism
Beware of Global Taxes for Global Entitlements
"It's not sustainable for member states to enjoy representation without taxation," Prime Minister John Major told the United Nations at its birthday celebration. He thought he was demonstrating British wit in making a play on the great slogan of the … [Read more...] about Beware of Global Taxes for Global Entitlements
