Secretary Lauro Cavazos’s figures are staggering: “13 percent of our citizens are illiterate, 27 million are functional illiterates, and another 40 to 60 million could be called marginally illiterate.” Instead of responding with a plan to start using … [Read more...] about How Illiteracy is Concealed
The Dangerous Process of Gorbomania
All those who are caught up in the dangerous process of Gorbomania should come down to reality by studying an important speech given this year by Senator Malcom Wallop (R-WY) at a NATO conference in the Hague. It had almost no news coverage in this … [Read more...] about The Dangerous Process of Gorbomania
Captive Nations Week’s 30th Anniversary
An observer asked the old man, “Why in the world are you wasting your money buying a lottery ticket? Don’t you know your chance of winning is only one in ten million?” To which the old man replied, “Ah, but each ticket gives me a week of … [Read more...] about Captive Nations Week’s 30th Anniversary
Pell Brings New Age to the Senate
Wouldn’t you think that, with all the real responsibilities Senators have to deal with, they wouldn’t be out inventing new problems for themselves? It looks like New Age has come to the Senate in the form of S.J. Res. 135 sponsored by Senators … [Read more...] about Pell Brings New Age to the Senate
The Adoption Option: Twice Loved
Now that the Supreme Court has tossed the abortion issue back to the legislatures, it’s time to promote the adoption option. This will enable us to demonstrate that what is often called an “unwanted child” can be really twice loved. Texas Monthly, … [Read more...] about The Adoption Option: Twice Loved
Is Physicians’ Advice Good for Your Health?
The old saying, confession is good for the soul, applies to an article in a recent American Medical News entitled “When More Doctors Smoked Camels.” It is illustrated with color reproductions of magazine ads from the 1930s and ‘40s which would be … [Read more...] about Is Physicians’ Advice Good for Your Health?
Let’s Stop Making Heroes out of Rapists
Twenty years ago, the feminists developed the theory that rape has nothing to do with sex, that it is instead an act of violence, plus evidence of male hatred and aggressiveness toward women. Maybe this strange motion is the reason why we haven’t … [Read more...] about Let’s Stop Making Heroes out of Rapists
What the Senate-Passed Daycare Bill Means
As Senate Democrats were emoting last week about how they plan to spend the taxpayers’ money to provide daycare, I had a vision of their next social program. It could sound like this. “We have a crisis in housing. American workers can’t find the … [Read more...] about What the Senate-Passed Daycare Bill Means
Who is Imposing Values on Whom?
For years the liberals have been busy creating a boogeyman out of so-called “right-wing extremists” and “fundamentalists” who allegedly are trying to “impose their values” on public schoolchildren. The current controversy about sex education makes … [Read more...] about Who is Imposing Values on Whom?
Expectations About China
The funniest thing to watch on television during the last two weeks has been the shock and disbelief in the faces and voices of the TV networks’ elite anchors about the rough turn of events in China. In measured, shocked tones, NBC’s Tom Brokaw said, … [Read more...] about Expectations About China
