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

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

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

The growing belief that there will be a Reagan-Gorbachev summit this year is a good reason to take a critical look at the Soviets, their purposes, and their tactics. Many Americans approach the summit concept with two basic illusions. Perhaps we … [Read more...] about SOVIET CYNICISM ABOUT SUMMITS

The most notable thing about Ronald Reagan’s appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court is not that they are conservatives, but that NONE of his four nominees was appointed because of cronyism or backroom political deals. Since those are the routes by … [Read more...] about About Supreme Court Appointments

Lavish praise has been heaped on Justice Lewis Powell since his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court. Commentators are referring to the "Powell Court" because he was often the swing vote, siding with the majority in dozens of five-to-four … [Read more...] about ENCOMIUMS FOR JUSTICE POWELL

Toss into the pot of education the obvious need to teach schoolchildren the skill of reading, add the mystique of computers and the financial resources of one of the nation's largest corporations, and what do you get? IBM’s new "Writing to Read" … [Read more...] about HIGH-TECH DOESN’T TEACH READING

"The role of private parties to carry out the high purposes of government makes us the subject of puzzlement and ridicule." That's what Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), chairman of the Joint Committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair, said after … [Read more...] about LET’S INVESTIGATE CARNEGIE-GATE

After reading the testimony against Comparable Worth given this spring by the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Constance Horner, it's hard to see how any reasonable Congressperson could vote for this feminist folly. The bill is … [Read more...] about THE DEFECTS OF COMPARABLE WORTH