It's time once again for our yearly review of the National Education Association's annual edition of "Today's Education," a 166-page yearbook documenting the NEA's radical agenda. The NEA's $97.5 million budget for the coming year will be used to … [Read more...] about THE NEA MANIFESTO
CONSTITUTIONAL BAIT-AND-SWITCH
Plowing the ground for the Presidential primaries isn't the only reason why some big names have been trekking to Michigan this fall. Some have been going to declare sides on the volatile issue of whether or not Michigan should tip the balance and … [Read more...] about CONSTITUTIONAL BAIT-AND-SWITCH
Lessons of Grenada
Ronald Reagan's rescue of the island of Grenada two years ago this month was the most anti-Communist act our government has taken since the Eisenhower Administration rescued Guatemala from the Communists in 1954. It was also one of the most popular … [Read more...] about Lessons of Grenada
Withdraw from the Mad Abm Treaty
The time has come to withdraw from the MAD ABM Treaty of 1972. Our initial mistake in signing it is compounded every year that we allow ourselves to be bound by it while the Soviets are not. "MAD" is not an epithet invented by the treaty's critics. … [Read more...] about Withdraw from the Mad Abm Treaty
THE REAGAN—GORBACHEV SUMMIT
Shakespeare's great line that "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players" will be true in spades when two great actors meet in Geneva in November. Of course, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is an actor! He's been giving Academy … [Read more...] about THE REAGAN—GORBACHEV SUMMIT
Banned Books
In passing a bookstore recently, I noticed a poster in the window headlined "National Banned Books Week," accompanied by a button saying "I read banned books." The poster featured, among others, pictures of William Shakespeare and Alexander … [Read more...] about Banned Books
Raising Taxes Won’t Reduce Deficits
Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in last November's election should have laid to rest the number-one point of controversy between the two Presidential candidates. But the national media have been trying to make us believe something … [Read more...] about Raising Taxes Won’t Reduce Deficits
The Hypocrisy About an Independent Judiciary
Norman Lear's well-funded organ for political activism called People for the American Way (PAW) sees itself as a secularized St. George slaying the dragon of any public expression of religion. PAW seeks a world in which the First Amendment is the … [Read more...] about The Hypocrisy About an Independent Judiciary
Comparable Worth Rejected by the Courts
When the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the concept called Comparable Worth, did you get the impression that this was a loss for women who had been discriminated against? If so, you missed the point; the court's opinion said that "none of … [Read more...] about Comparable Worth Rejected by the Courts
Ms. Magazine Discovers Human Nature
I must confess that I never would have read the magazine if Eastern Airlines hadn't provided free copies as I boarded the shuttle at LaGuardia airport. But as I thumbed the pages of Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine, waiting for my plane to take off, I … [Read more...] about Ms. Magazine Discovers Human Nature






