If there ever were a time to move quickly to build and deploy our Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), that time is now. The breakup of the Soviet Union proves the need. During the three days of the coup last month, we didn’t know who controlled … [Read more...] about The Soviet Breakup Proves We Need SDI
Moving Forward with Choice in Education
President Bush has been encouraging business to get involved in education. The recent news that SAT scores dropped for the fourth straight year, and that verbal scores are now the lowest they have ever been, is only one more proof (if any were … [Read more...] about Moving Forward with Choice in Education
Wolf! Wolf! Censorship! Censorship!
Censorship is one of those buzz words that starts the adrenalin flowing. Like sex, it’s a word that arouses strong emotions, knee-jerk reactions, and animosities. Last week, Boris Yeltsin shut down the Communist propaganda sheet called Pravda, and … [Read more...] about Wolf! Wolf! Censorship! Censorship!
What Bush to Say to Boris
It thrilled the hearts of all longtime anti-Communists to see the noose around the neck of the mammoth statue of the founder of the Soviet secret police, and then see that evil man symbolically hanging from the gallows in front of the jeering Moscow … [Read more...] about What Bush to Say to Boris
It’s Time to Amend Title IX Again
The American Civil Liberties Union and NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund have persuaded a federal court to issue an injunction against an elementary school in Detroit planned to open this fall to meet the special needs of black urban boys. This is … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Amend Title IX Again
Busybodies, Crybabies, and the Glass Ceiling
Maybe it was just coincidence in a slow news week. Time Magazine came out with a cover story headlined “Busybodies & Crybabies: What’s Happening to the American Character?” and the same week the feminists launched a media initiative called the … [Read more...] about Busybodies, Crybabies, and the Glass Ceiling
Multiculturalism is not History
The New York State Board of Regents has just adopted a controversial report calling for the public school social studies curriculum to be revamped in order to promote a leftwing agenda. It's all described in an 89-page report released in June by the … [Read more...] about Multiculturalism is not History
The NEA Teaches Disrespect for Home and Parents
The Wall Street Journal published a remarkable letter last week from the L99L New York State Teacher of the Year hurling a broadside attack against the entire public school system. Charging that government (public) schooling "ki1Is the family by … [Read more...] about The NEA Teaches Disrespect for Home and Parents
Math Achievement or “Feel Good Math”?
Fewer than one in seven students in the 4th, 8th and 12th grades can do mathematics at or above their grade level, and more than half are two or more grade levels behind, according to the 1990 NAEP Mathematics Assessment. The National Assessment … [Read more...] about Math Achievement or “Feel Good Math”?
Let’s Hear the Whole Truth About Combat
The day the Senate Armed Services Committee held hearings on the feminist proposal to repeal the laws that exclude women from military combat, the television networks showed only a 20-second soundbite from one general who seemed to oppose the idea … [Read more...] about Let’s Hear the Whole Truth About Combat
