Some people are using the 25th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address of 1961 to trot out a favorite liberal cliché: the claim that Ike warned us against "the military-industrial complex." This argument is out of touch with … [Read more...] about The Military Industrial Complex

Clergymen of any and all denominations clearly have the same constitutional rights of political speech and action enjoyed by other Americans. They have the right to speak out on political issues, urge others to follow their counsel, support or oppose … [Read more...] about The Prelates and the Politicians

Should a little band of ideologues be allowed to impose their dogmas on the public schools? Should self-appointed thought-controllers be allowed to rewrite textbooks, censor out ideas they don't like, and impose their theories of life, government, … [Read more...] about Global Education

Washington is buzzing with a columnist's report that Secretary of State George Shultz, at a cocktail party he gave for political appointees, called Senator Jesse Helms a constitutional ignoramus. In an angry outburst, Shultz accused Helms of … [Read more...] about LET’S IGNORE THE NONTREATY

The welfare-state professionals are on the march. They have a new strategy to achieve their goal of cradle-to-grave dependency for everyone. This dependency would extend from birth through school years, through job selection and through senior … [Read more...] about Should Schools Treat Nonschool Problems

Another wave of pathetic letters is starting to flow from schoolchildren who can't spell or write grammatically but who are terribly worried about nuclear war. These are the result of courses, books, or films thrust on pupils by public school … [Read more...] about Indoctrinating Children With Fear and Pacifism

Unlike the theme of the book, "Life Begins At Forty," the United Nations at age 40 has degenerative and terminal illnesses. It has already lasted more years than the League of Nations did, but that's only because the UN's life is artificially … [Read more...] about Can the Un Have Life After 40

In medieval times, people entertained themselves with morality plays. Now, we can entertain ourselves with morality polls. The eighties may someday be recorded by historians as the decade in which Americans rediscovered morality, chastity, and … [Read more...] about Polls and Moral Attitudes?

CBS Sunday morning television has discovered the controversy called the "no pass, no play rule,” the new Texas law which decrees that any public high school student who fails one course must be excluded from all extra-curricular activities for the … [Read more...] about CBS AND THE “NO PASS, NO PLAY” RULE

A list of the 15 top problems in education has been compiled by Malcolm Lawrence, the director of the Maryland Coalition of Concerned Parents on Privacy Rights in Public Schools. This is the same Malcolm Lawrence who originally wrote the … [Read more...] about 15 Problems in Education