Across the nation today, there is a tremendous push from the education establishment to legislate compulsory full-day kindergarten. Like the proverbial cat, this movement has nine lives. Some propose that kindergarten attendance be made compulsory … [Read more...] about FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN IS HARMFUL AND WASTEFUL

There are rumblings that the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography may turn out to be an embarrassment to the Administration. It looks like it is heading in the opposite direction from what the President wanted and expected. When the … [Read more...] about Concerns About the Pornography Commission

Majority Leader Bob Dole keeps saying every few weeks that he intends to bring up the Genocide Treaty for a vote in the Senate. Since this United Nations-written treaty has been hanging around the Senate since 1948, what's the hurry? Why is Bob Dole … [Read more...] about GENOCIDE TREATY TRAP

"Early Childhood Education" is a phrase now frequently heard at State Capitols and education seminars. In the face of mounting public, private, and employer dismay at the failure of the public elementary schools to teach children the skills and … [Read more...] about EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

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

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

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

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