Citicorp, the largest U.S. bank, finally broke ranks with its peers and admitted what everyone has known for years, but no one would say out loud, namely, that its mammoth loans to Third World countries are bad loans. Citicorp’s new chairman, John … [Read more...] about BIG BAD BANK MISTAKES AND CITICORP

In the outpouring of news about the surprise attack on our ship the U.S.S. Stark by an Iraqi missile in the Mediterranean, one question must be asked until we have a satisfactory answer. Why didn’t the Stark fire any of its defensive weapons against … [Read more...] about ABM TREATY “STARKIZES” THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

If the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and press had a primary purpose, it surely was to guarantee freedom to participate fully in political debate and in the process of electing candidates to office in our representative system. It’s … [Read more...] about LOOK WHO’S INTERFERING WITH FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

A favorite question which reporters have asked of political leaders and prospective candidates during the last several months is, do you think AIDS will be an issue in 1988? The answer, of course, is yes, AIDS is a problem of many dimensions: … [Read more...] about THE MANY QUESTIONS RAISED BY AIDS

At last the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to enforce the law. Its recent action is in response to public demands that have been escalating for several years. In his last act before departing as FCC chairman, Mark Fowler joined … [Read more...] about CRACKING DOWN ON RADIO INDECENCY

The Irangate/Contragate Soap Opera isn’t playing in Peoria, a shocked eastern newspaper headline proclaimed. While press and political persons in our nation’s capital view it as compelling, the rest of the country is saying ho-hum. The hearings are … [Read more...] about WHAT THE SECORD TESTIMONY REVEALED

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

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

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