TV Guide has admitted it. The networks are getting more permissive. That’s the bottom line of a recent article in TV Guide entitled "Is TV Sex Getting Bolder?" The magazine answered with an emphatic yes. Those who don't watch the steamy sex shows on … [Read more...] about Is TV Sex Getting Bolder?

Whether or not the United States should have a new Constitutional Convention was one of the issues debated at the recent convention of the American Bar Association in San Francisco. It is an issue that is shrouded in mystery because there are so many … [Read more...] about CHICANERY ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION

The much overused word "censorship" reaches its height of silliness when it comes to the question of selecting books for use in public schools. Out of the 10,113, only a tiny handful could possibly be selected for use in the classroom. When a few … [Read more...] about The Silliness of the Censorship Cry

I recently received a surprising, unsolicited letter from the Acting Director of U.S. Selective Service asking me to consider the ultimate benefits of proposed legislation to allow Selective Service to develop a computer program to prepare for … [Read more...] about DRAFT WOMEN? YOU MUST BE KIDDING!

Is there a true American psyche, a distinctively American spirit shared by all or most of our people despite our diverse, melting pot ethnicity? The way Americans rallied to deliver North when he was interrogated on television indicates yes; our … [Read more...] about REMEMBER METRIC?

On the upcoming anniversary of Hiroshima, we will hear a lot of talk about how terrible it is to be a civilian target of an enemy aerial attack. Indeed, it is. Some nations have learned that lesson, but others apparently have not. The Soviet Union … [Read more...] about Why Don’t We Hear About the Soviet SDI?

Last night I saw a movie that all Americans should see: "Hanoi Hilton." It wasn't easy to find it showing anywhere, even in a large metropolitan area, but I finally found it in one small theater. "Hanoi Hilton" isn’t jolly entertainment, but it is … [Read more...] about THE HANOI HILTON

Reporters and TV commentators keep asking Reagan loyalists if they are not outraged by the revelations of Oliver North and John Poindexter about what went on inside the Reagan Administration. The answer is no. No, we are not outraged that Reagan … [Read more...] about LET’S REDIRECT OUR OUTRAGE

If a nuclear war ever occurs, I hope I die immediately because "the survivors will envy the dead." We’ve all heard that sentiment spoken so often that it is seldom disputed. Few who use that phrase have ever thought about its consequences, and fewer … [Read more...] about A Fighting Chance to Survive

What a week on television! The first two days, people were complaining that their favorite soaps had been preempted. Then, America’s TV addicts found to their surprise that the Iran-Contra Hearings were high theater more compelling than their … [Read more...] about OLLIE, WE LUV YA