Anybody who reads or listens to much political commentary during this election year will quickly detect a recurring theme. There is an orchestrated attack on the "single-issue" movement. Congressman John Ashbrook, in a recent analysis of this … [Read more...] about THE SINGLE ISSUE MOVEMENT
THE WAR HAS ALREADY STARTED
When Secretary of State Cyrus Vance returned from his trip to Western Europe soliciting support for Carter's boycott of the Moscow Olympics, he expressed surprise and disappointment at the lack of enthusiasm among our longtime friends to climb aboard … [Read more...] about THE WAR HAS ALREADY STARTED
PATRIOTS BETRAYED BY BUREAUCRATS
I wonder how many Americans were watching when the NBC TV Theater presented its docudrama about the barbaric treatment o f U.S. prisoners of war by the North Vietnamese. "When Hell Was In Session" was the true story of the American aviators captured … [Read more...] about PATRIOTS BETRAYED BY BUREAUCRATS
HOW MUCH IS FREEDOM WORTH?
What kind of living conditions would you find so intolerable that, to escape them, you would voluntarily assume a high risk of losing your life and the lives of your spouse and children, and even with the best of luck you would surely lose all your … [Read more...] about HOW MUCH IS FREEDOM WORTH?
ACADEMIC FREEDOM VICTORY
Academic freedom and educational diversity won a great victory when the U.S.Senate voted to block the Internal Revenue Service from implementing its proposedregulation threatening the tax-deductible status of thousands of private and … [Read more...] about ACADEMIC FREEDOM VICTORY
ABORTION AND THE CONSTITUTION
President Carter has proclaimed the week of September 17 to 23 as Constitution Week and urged all Americans "to foster a better understanding of the Constitution." This is a great opportunity to study and put to use some of the valuable, but seldom … [Read more...] about ABORTION AND THE CONSTITUTION
LAWSUIT TO DISCOVER TECHNOLOGY SHIPMENTS
Would you believe that, if U.S. firms were to build a giant truck-manufacturing plant for the Russians, they could be relied on to build only civilian trucks and not military trucks? The average American would probably answer "don't be ridiculous," … [Read more...] about LAWSUIT TO DISCOVER TECHNOLOGY SHIPMENTS
U.S. DOLLARS VS. OVERSEAS DOLLARS
It isn't the decline in the value of the U.S. dollar on foreign money markets that is causing economic woes to American citizens; it's the inflation at home. Yet the Carter Administration appears to prefer to shore up the overseas dollar at the … [Read more...] about U.S. DOLLARS VS. OVERSEAS DOLLARS
Washington, D.C. Amendment
State Legislatures are rejecting the proposed Washington, DC Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by a ratio of almost three to one. Original motions for ratification have already failed in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, South Carolina, Missouri, … [Read more...] about Washington, D.C. Amendment
NEED FOR “PEOPLE-SIZED” INSTITUTIONS
"Excessive greatness of a town," "multitude of corporations," and too much "ghostly authority" or power of organized religion were listed by the 17th-century British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes among infirmities of a commonwealth. He … [Read more...] about NEED FOR “PEOPLE-SIZED” INSTITUTIONS
