It’s beginning to look at though the game plan of the liberals is to reject any sort of budget summit compromise, keep the spigot of spending turned on through the election by a continuing resolution, and then call a lame duck session after the … [Read more...] about Beware of the Slime Duck Session
There Isn’t Any “Latchkey Crisis” After All
One of the arguments made by the liberals who seek to establish school-based daycare is the so-called crisis of “latchkey children.” Many bleeding-heart segments have appeared on television about the need to provide daycare for children who would … [Read more...] about There Isn’t Any “Latchkey Crisis” After All
News That Wasn’t Fit to Print
The New York Times recently carried a short obituary of Borris H. Klosson, age 71, who was identified in the headline as an “expert on the Soviet Union.” The six-inch obit detailed his lifetime career as an employee of the U.S. State Department, but … [Read more...] about News That Wasn’t Fit to Print
Whose Side is Congress On?
The first week of August, the liberal Democrats in the U.S. Senate indulged in some pacifist euphoria and voted to cripple our Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) by cutting out one-fourth of its money ($4.7 billion cut to $3.6 billion). After all, … [Read more...] about Whose Side is Congress On?
The Radical Agenda of the NEA
The National Education Association (NEA), one of the nation’s largest and wealthiest unions, held its annual convention in Kansas City last month and passed dozens of leftwing and anti-parent resolutions. NEA president Keith Geiger announced the … [Read more...] about The Radical Agenda of the NEA
Summer Senate Silliness
Apparently tired of grappling with real problems (such as S&L, the budget, and the Middle East), Senate Democrats last week took a morning off for silliness and held a hearing on the proposed United Nations treaty on the Elimination of … [Read more...] about Summer Senate Silliness
David Souter Ducks Media Abortion Bias
Both sides in the abortion debate, as well as the activist media, are beside themselves with frustration that they haven’t been able to find out which side Supreme Court nominee David Souter is on. He gives every indication that he intends to carry … [Read more...] about David Souter Ducks Media Abortion Bias
The End of Brennan-Style Liberalism
The resignation of Justice William Brennan marks the termination of the modern liberal era in American politics. Liberalism has been kept alive for the last ten years only on an artificial life-support system provided by the media. The American … [Read more...] about The End of Brennan-Style Liberalism
The Spending is More Obscene Than the Art
The picture in the advertisement caught my eye, as of course it was intended to do. The visual of that courageous Chinese student facing down the tanks in Tiananmen Square is always a grabber. But the text was downright ridiculous. It conjured up … [Read more...] about The Spending is More Obscene Than the Art
How Children Acquire Values
The National Commission on Children has held a series of hearings to explore the problems of children. As we emerge from the “Me” decades of the 1970s and ‘80s, it is encouraging that someone is addressing the needs of children. The last hearing … [Read more...] about How Children Acquire Values
