The ancient Roman emperors used circuses and games to divert the people from addressing themselves to the possibility of self-government. The last four American Presidents have given us manned space spectaculars to divert Congress and the voters … [Read more...] about Apollo-Soyuz
Theories of Creation
Many newspaper articles and television segments in the past few weeks have marked the fiftieth anniversary of the famous Scopes trial in Tennessee -- that dramatic courtroom confrontation between the theory of evolution according to Darwin and … [Read more...] about Theories of Creation
Capital Gains Tax
More than 90 percent of all work in the United States is done by machinery. Without this machinery, there would be no automobiles, trucks, railroads., electric power and appliances, telephones, or the many things that give Americans the highest … [Read more...] about Capital Gains Tax
Schlesinger’s Bluff
Any law enforcement officer will confirm that you should never point a gun at a criminal unless you are prepared to use it. Bluffing with weapons, loaded or unloaded, is a risky business. Yet this is precisely what Secretary of Defense James … [Read more...] about Schlesinger’s Bluff
Ashe and James
The happiest black man at Wimbledon, England, was not Arthur Ashe. It was 76-year old Richard Hudlin, the high school tennis coach who brought Ashe to St. Louis as a teenager, took him into his own home and gave him a bed to sleep on. Hudlin made it … [Read more...] about Ashe and James
Postcard Registration
If you thought the spenders in Washington have already devised every possible way to spend our tax dollars, you are wrong. They are working overtime to establish a brand new bureaucracy called the Voter Registration Administration whose principal … [Read more...] about Postcard Registration
“Safeguard” in SALT?
Strategic arms limitation talks have resumed in Geneva to work out a SALT II Agreement to be signed at the next summit meeting with the Soviets this fall. Before we go any further, it is important for the American people to understand how we were … [Read more...] about “Safeguard” in SALT?
Vatican Detente
In the recent Italian elections, the Communists established themselves as the leading political party in Italy's eight largest cities: Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Genoa, Florence, Venice, and Bologna. Nationwide, the Communists came within two … [Read more...] about Vatican Detente
Housing Fiasco
What has caused the greatest devastation to American cities and towns during the last seven years? Tornadoes? Hurricanes? Earth quakes? Wrong on all three guesses. The answer is the federal housing program which has destroyed $4 billion worth of … [Read more...] about Housing Fiasco
Census Report
Sometimes news events of the most far-reaching consequences appear in newspapers only in inconspicuous stories on the back pages. One such little-noticed item was the recent U.S. Census Bureau report that we suffered a record decline in American … [Read more...] about Census Report
