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
The Panama Canal Issue Revisited
PBS television last month aired a two-hour program attempting to justify the giving away of our U.S. Canal at Panama by the Jimmy Carter Administration in 1978, a transfer which will take final effect in the year 2000. That date is approaching … [Read more...] about The Panama Canal Issue Revisited
Parents Strike Back Against New Age
Finally, parents are starting to have some success in their efforts to eliminate New Age religious practices from the public school classroom. A strong policy prohibiting the use of these techniques in public schools was passed in June by the … [Read more...] about Parents Strike Back Against New Age
Playing Politics with the First Amendment
It looks like the start of a long, hot summer of politicians’ posturing about the First Amendment. It’s time we separate what is and what is not a First Amendment issue and take a look at the liberals’ double standards. The Supreme Court is up to … [Read more...] about Playing Politics with the First Amendment
Death Education Courses are a Tragedy
Of all the psychological experimentation that takes place in the public school classroom, courses in depth and dying are the strangest and often the most secret. A courageous father and mother in suburban Chicago, whose sone was a victim of one of … [Read more...] about Death Education Courses are a Tragedy
Comparable Worth Proven a Failure
The evidence is now in. The concept called “Comparable Worth” is as wrongheaded and counterproductive as critics predicted when this feminoid notion emerged in the late 1970s. It is a relic of the Big Brother extravagances of the LBJ Great Society … [Read more...] about Comparable Worth Proven a Failure
Observations on a Visit to Eastern Europe
On a visit to Eastern Europe last week, it was so refreshing to hear the Eastern Europeans speak out openly against Communism. They clearly understood, in a way that most Americans do not, that Communism itself is the enemy, not just the dictators … [Read more...] about Observations on a Visit to Eastern Europe
