The Washington Post recently ran an editorial masquerading as news which started on page one and consumed an entire inside page. "Appointing Loyalists as Envoys" was the title, and the reader’s attention was attracted because it was illustrated with … [Read more...] about FOREIGN SERVICE IMPUDENCE

Did Gary Hart self-destruct, as the media claim? Or was he the victim of a vendetta that transgressed the bounds of responsible journalism and extended to peeping-tomism and personal harassment in a stake-out to destroy his candidacy? The press was … [Read more...] about The Lessons of the Gary Hart Soap

A group of distinguished persons from the North American continent gathered recently in the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Rooms to proclaim the lasting vitality and relevance of the Monroe Doctrine. It was an event of political, historical and … [Read more...] about REVITALIZING THE MONROE DOCTRINE

Although we are conditioned to accept newspapers as the daily bearers of bad news, the Hearst Corporation has fired a real blockbuster at us. Since this is the year of the Constitution’s Bicentennial, Hearst decided to find out how much the American … [Read more...] about PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTITUTION

A favorite expression of people in Washington, D.C. is "inside the Beltway" or "outside the Beltway." Whether you are situated in the former or the latter is not so much geographic as attitudinal. Inside the Beltway refers to those with a … [Read more...] about PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT ARMS CONTROL

It’s been hard to turn on the tube or pick up any newspaper during the past six months without being confronted by news reports calculated to raise our awareness about AIDS, including its devastating effect, its financial cost, and its galloping … [Read more...] about A Program to Battle Aids

When the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia 206 years ago this month, economic conditions for the majority of people had changed very little in thousands of years. Then, suddenly, in the short space of 200 years, America experienced a tremendous … [Read more...] about The Achievements of American Inventors

The average American thinks of war as something that happens thousands of miles away. He thinks of weapons as things we use to zap enemy targets far, far away. The average American thinks of our armed services as made up of the Army, the Navy, and … [Read more...] about THE U.S. DEFENSE FORCE ACT

Those who are serious about ending the acute U.S. disadvantage in the espionage game will be glad to hear about the Dick Armey (R-TX) amendment to the State Department authorization bill. It is a constructive proposal calling on our government to … [Read more...] about RENEGOTIATE THE EMBASSY AGREEMENT

WHY such an experienced politician as Walter Mondale called for a tax increase when he accepted his party’s nomination for the Presidency in San Francisco in 1984 is still a puzzlement. Now another Democrat with a comparable reputation for political … [Read more...] about REAGANOMICS, TAXES, AND THE STOCK MARKET