Which Candidate Makes Us Feel Comfortable?
A couple of days before the 1964 presidential election, a full-page advertisement appeared in metropolitan newspapers paid for by the then well-known New York night club owner, Billy…
Category: Phyllis Schlafly Report Column
Who Selects Public School Books?
People for the American Way (PAW), an organization known colloquially as People for Norman Lear’s Way, has rendered a public service in releasing its latest report on alleged…
Fact and Fiction About the Pledge Issue
The Pledge of Allegiance is the surprise issue of the 1988 presidential campaign. But more noteworthy even than the intensity of the extravagant rhetoric is the persistent falsification…
Bennett Goes Out with a Blast
If William Bennett’s tenure as Secretary of Education will be remembered for any one thing, it will probably be for his efforts to improve the content of the…
New Questions About Divorce
Way back in 1970 when the women’s liberation movement was just gathering momentum, a New York University professor named Warren T. Farrell provided the rationale for why it…
New Questions About Divorce
Way back in 1970 when the women’s liberation movement was just gathering momentum, a New York University professor named Warren T. Farrell provided the rationale for why it…
What Happened to the Gender Gap?
For several months prior to the Republican National Convention, the specter of “gender gap politics” hung over political discourse. It was the trendy subject in newsmagazines, the crucial…
The Reagan Revolution Isn’t Over
The big news of the Republican National Convention is that the Reagan Revolution and the conservative movement are alive and well, while liberalism is politically dead. Just compare…
Media Coverage of the Republican Convention
I’m tired of hearing complaints from the television media that the Republican and Democratic National Nominating Conventions are too long, too boring, should be shortened to two days,…
School Isn’t Safe in New York City
The New York City school system has announced that it is taking strenuous measures to cope with one of its biggest problems. No, it’s not illiteracy or pregnancies…