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

In granting an honorary degree to former House Speaker Tip O’Neill, after declining to grant one to President Ronald Reagan, Harvard has broadcast a clear message to the world. Harvard is not an institution of "veritas" (its motto); it is a political … [Read more...] about HARVARD TRIES TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK

Pity the poor American taxpayer! He’s been ripped off again by the Japanese. And I don’t mean just by grabbing jobs away from Americans in the electronics industry; it’s much worse than that. The Japanese shipped an enormous hunk of high tech … [Read more...] about Ripped Off by the Japanese

When it comes to the matter of selecting curricula for public school pupils, there seem to be two classes of people. There are those who believe that parents are the primary educators of their children and have the constitutional right to safeguard … [Read more...] about THE SEATTLE TEXTBOOK STORY

Bicentennial celebrations are good to participate in because they teach us some of our history and heritage that may have been overlooked in our schooling. This is the month of the Bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance. Even though this document … [Read more...] about The Northwest Ordinance Bicentennial

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