It has become a time-hallowed tradition in the Soviet Union that the incumbent dictator will test each new American President In an ordeal of summitry. This practice was temporarily put on the backburner during the illnesses and deaths of Leonid … [Read more...] about Ronald Reagan and Summits With the Soviets

Does "sex education" in the public schools mean having an employee of the local abortion clinic conduct a class for 15-year-olds and peddle its commercial services? That's the shocking news the public learned on a recent MacNeil-Lehrer TV … [Read more...] about What Does “Sex Education” Really Mean?

The networks have become so paranoid about the possibility of a Jesse Helms takeover of CES that a New York public relations firm has been hired to survey opinion leaders about their perception of the networks' "bias," "power," and "arrogance." After … [Read more...] about Media Double Standard on Southeast Asia

The opponents of Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), his so-called Star Wars program, having lost all their other arguments against it, now claim that it would violate the SALT I ABM Treaty of 1972. That's just as false as saying that … [Read more...] about Does SALT Prohibit Star Wars?

As more and more people write about the doctrine called "Comparable Worth," it becomes more and more evident that the proposed solution would be far worse than the problem. Comparable Worth is a wage-setting system under which an employer is required … [Read more...] about How Comparable Worth Would Hurt Women

Well, the pundits underestimated the Gipper again. They said he is a lame duck President who won't have enough influence to pass any of his programs. But he persuaded Congress to authorize the MX missile against all odds, and even in spite of Barry … [Read more...] about Reagan Is Still in Charge

While traveling through Ohio recently, a mother handed me a letter she found in her 4th grade child's bedroom. In an envelope addressed to President Reagan, here is the letter, complete with misspellings and bad grammar. "Dear Mr. Reagan. I don't … [Read more...] about Scaring Children in the Classroom

One of the unwritten "laws" of the media is that Senators are newsworthy, Congressmen are not. When a Senator goes into another state as a visiting VIP, his news conference is sure to be covered by the local media and his remarks often hit the wire … [Read more...] about The Phenomenon of Jack Kemp

Despite the uncomplimentary reviews of the NBC News White Paper called "Women, Work and Babies," it was a good thing to put the subject out on the agenda for national discussion. Jane Pauley, America's most famous working mother of twins, posed the … [Read more...] about Women and Work: Can Babies and Husbands Cope?

The change in the general political climate on college campuses today from a year ago is as the difference between day and night. When Ronald Reagan won the votes of 62% of those in the 18 to 24 age group, he proved what a massive and lasting effect … [Read more...] about College Students and Their Future