Reports of the coming crackup of conservatism as the Reagan regime winds down are, like Mark Twain’s famous quip about reports of his death, greatly exaggerated. The liberals are hoping that Reaganism is merely a passing phenomenon and so they are … [Read more...] about Conservatism Is Alive and Well

Hard times have hit the feminists. The more visible their successful role-models become, the more visible they are when they don’t behave like ideological feminists. Congressperson Pat Schroeder was the feminists’ best hope for a female on a … [Read more...] about WHAT’S HAPPENED TO FEMINIST ROLE-MODELS?

"If you don’t take risks, why should you pay for someone else’s?" That's the catchy headline on a series of advertisements now running in national magazines. The ads show pictures of men taking risks such as high-speed motorcycle racing and … [Read more...] about The Foolishness of Unisex Insurance

The homosexuals put on an impressive street demonstration estimated at 200,000 persons, in Washington, D.C. on October 11. A couple of days later, the events inside the Senate and House chambers were even more dramatic in telling a different story, … [Read more...] about When the Votes Were Counted

For those who have been saying education is the answer to AIDS, Secretary of Education William Bennett has provided the tool. In order to implement an AIDS curriculum, all the public schools need is Bennett’s newly-released 28-page booklet called … [Read more...] about Bennett’s New Booklet on Aids

The covers of the two leading newsmagazines usually feature the same ideas or trends, as seen by different editorial writers and photographers, which is to be expected since their mission is to report the news of the week. It was a striking contrast … [Read more...] about Who Is a Wimp?

While the Senate and the media have been preoccupied with the Bork and Biden controversies, the House has been getting into some mischief of its own. All of a sudden, without any warning, a truly revolutionary bill unanimously passed a House … [Read more...] about Retain the Hatch Amendment Act

A worldwide "Synod on the Laity" called by Pope John Paul II is meeting in Rome, Italy all during the month of October. More than 200 Catholic bishops from all over the world were selected to attend, some by their peers in their own country and some … [Read more...] about THE PAPAL SYNOD ON THE LAITY

What would you think of a cooking instructor who taught his students how to cook (how to measure ingredients, turn on the stove, run an electric beater, etc.) but neglected to tell his students how to get the right ingredients and what the cooked … [Read more...] about MEMORY IS MISSING FROM EDUCATION

Can one week change the world, as Richard Nixon so extravagantly claimed about his 1972 visit to Red China? Certainly that week didn’t do it, but the world could have been changed for the foreseeable future during the week of the Cuban Missile … [Read more...] about Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis