A Chicago newspaper columnist recently related the story of a 9-year-old girl who went to a slumber party with her friends. The children stayed awake past bedtime, as girlfriends are wont to do, and then they turned on the television. This gave the … [Read more...] about The Cancer of Cable Porn

This column has previously itemized many of the materials, techniques, questionnaires, and activities used in public school classrooms to which parents object because they deal with emotions and values rather than academic learning. Some readers … [Read more...] about NEA Admits Constroversial Classroom Tactics

It is amusing the way that media predictions and commentary about Ronald Reagan have been so consistently wrong. The candidate they ridiculed as a Hollywood actor is well on his way to becoming our most influential President of the 20th century. "He … [Read more...] about Reagans Second Term

To paraphrase Mark Twain's remark about the weather, everybody complains about media bias but nobody does anything about it. In recent hearings held by the Federal Communications Commission, however, some organizations urged broadening the scope of … [Read more...] about The Fairness Doctrine

The arguments leveled by some well-known scientists at Ronald Reagan's Star Wars proposal (also called High Frontier) don't stand up to scientific examination. They are false by factors of 25 to 1,600, according to Robert Jastrow, a former NASA … [Read more...] about Leftwing Scientists Attacks Star Wars With Phony Science

The anti-American actions of the World Court have given Senator Jesse Helms the last laugh at the expense of those self-righteous internationalists who tried to give him a hard time last fall about his opposition to the Genocide Convention, a … [Read more...] about The Lessons of Nicaragua and the World Court

Since I began writing about the psychological courses and materials used in elementary and secondary schools in violation of the Pupil Rights Amendment, I have been flooded with letters and phone calls from parents who are angry and outraged at what … [Read more...] about Parents Speak Up Against Classroom Abuse

For the protection of U.S. interests and his own place in history, Secretary of State George Shultz would be well advised to study the records of a famous agreement made by the United States and the U.S.S.R. 40 years ago this month. It is known by … [Read more...] about Shultz Should Learn from Yalta

During Inauguration weekend, newspapers carried a number of editorials and analysis columns bemoaning how press and politicians have consistently underestimated Ronald Reagan. This underestimation was bipartisan. The miscalculators included … [Read more...] about Underestimating Reagan

On a recent plane trip, I was surprised when a flight attendant leaned over my seat and asked if she could borrow my Time Magazine. A few minutes later, two more flight attendants asked if they could read my Time before returning it. My curiosity … [Read more...] about Smiles, Sexism, and Stillness