An unreported meeting of about 30 persons took place at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. on December 5 where some serious-minded movers and shakers plotted to rewrite the U.S. Constitution. A feeling of quiet arrogance pervaded the … [Read more...] about PLOTTING TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION

President Reagan works at home (as has every President since James Madison moved into the White House). No wonder he looks so relaxed; he doesn’t have to cope with getting to and from work during rush hour, as do most Americans. About 13 percent of … [Read more...] about The Right to Work at Home

PC— PSI for 1/1/87 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS We have a custom in our family that each of us writes out New Year’s resolutions for other members of the family instead of for ourselves. In that helpful spirit, here are a dozen resolutions for the Reagan … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions

A recent flap about a privacy-invading questionnaire in the Minnesota public schools proves how arrogant they have become in treating schoolchildren like guinea pigs. The incident also shows how outraged parents can successfully force the schools to … [Read more...] about The Minnesota School Survey

The airwaves and the newspapers are filled with advertisements for children’s toys. Christmas is redundantly merchandised for children: buy them dolls, buy them guns, buy them all the exciting new items whether you can afford them or not. As the … [Read more...] about A Christmas Letter to My Grandchildren

The press buildup about the East Tennessee textbook case was widely mislabelled "Scopes II" even though it had nothing whatever to do with evolution and bore no relation to the famous monkey trial of 1925. "People for Norman Lear’s Way" and other … [Read more...] about The Tennessee Case Misnamed Scopes Ii

An exchange of letters in the journal Education Week pinpoints the perennial controversy about teachers’ salaries. There seems to be a widespread assumption that teachers are underpaid, and certainly a concerted effort is being made by teacher unions … [Read more...] about Is Raising Teachers’ Salaries the Answer?

A lot of ink has been spread across newspapers and magazines since the November election discussing and analyzing women in politics. How did women candidates fare? Is the public willing to elect women to high national office? The number of women in … [Read more...] about WOMEN AND FEMINISTS IN POLITICS

Advocacy journalists in the national news media showed their bias against Ronald Reagan and against U.S. defenses by their reporting about the so-called breaking of the SALT II Treaty. This happened when a B-52 bomber, equipped with cruise missiles, … [Read more...] about MEDIA MANIPULATION OF NATIONAL POLICY