Most people are acutely aware of the high taxes they are paying, but few people are aware of the social policies hidden behind those taxes. Nevertheless, those social policies are powerful incentives to guide and induce personal and business … [Read more...] about A Look at Reagan’s Tax Policies
Hope and Despair
When the American POWs coming home after the Korean War were debriefed by the Army, the doctors discovered that some Gls had become victims of a strange new disease which they labeled "giveupitis." Major William E. Mayer, the chief Army psychiatrist … [Read more...] about Hope and Despair
Letting Down Our Friends
A foreign policy issue, rather than a volatile social issue, has provided the best proof so far that loyalty is simply not a treasured asset in the Reagan Administration. What made this clear was the State Department's decision that it will not … [Read more...] about Letting Down Our Friends
National Institute of Education
President Reagan is trying diligently to fulfill his mandate to cut federal spending toward his long range goal of balancing the budget. Out of the some 150 programs in the Department of Education, his Office of Management and Budget has targeted one … [Read more...] about National Institute of Education
PARENTS’ AND PUPILS’ RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
Education used to be a process of transmitting knowledge and skills from the older generation to the younger. But much of what is going on in schools today does not have that purpose at all; its goal is to change the values of the children with a … [Read more...] about PARENTS’ AND PUPILS’ RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
The Premier Moral Issue
THE PREMIER MORAL ISSUE Sandra O'Connor's defenders are arguing that her detractors, in opposing her because of her pro-abortion record as an Arizona State Legislator, are wrong to focus on a "single issue." But abortion is … [Read more...] about The Premier Moral Issue
REAGAN’S FAMILY POLICY ADVISORY BOARD
Back during the presidential campaign last fall, Ronald Reagan established campaign links with pro-family organizations by appointing a Family Policy Advisory Board. After the election, the Board issued a package of excellent proposals, and President … [Read more...] about REAGAN’S FAMILY POLICY ADVISORY BOARD
REAGAN’S APPOINTMENTS
The most interesting aspect of Ronald Reagan's appointments to the Cabinet and to the top 300 federal positions is not whom he appointed, but how he appointed them. He has followed a process quite different from that of all preceding … [Read more...] about REAGAN’S APPOINTMENTS
Appointments to the Supreme Court
What kind of persons should be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and whether some kind of a qualifying test should be applied, was one of the lesser issues during the 1980 presidential campaign. Columns of newsprint were consumed in denouncing … [Read more...] about Appointments to the Supreme Court
THE PRO-FAMILY FACTOR IN THE ELECTION
Ever since the November 4 election, the pollsters and the pundits have been trying to explain away their failure to predict or anticipate the landslide victory that washed Reagan and the Republican Senate into office. The chief reason why the … [Read more...] about THE PRO-FAMILY FACTOR IN THE ELECTION
