Suicide is the second highest cause of death among teenagers. Whenever there is a rash of suicides, schools and psychiatrists initiate studies to search for explanations of this unprecedented phenomenon. They ought to look directly at the classroom … [Read more...] about Classroom Curricula Promote Suicide and Murder

A major eastern university recently tried to schedule me for a debate on "Is America Ready for a Woman Vice President?" I declined because that question makes as little sense as "Is America ready for a candidate from Minnesota?" The issue is not "a … [Read more...] about A Women on the National

Since Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell got front-page publicity with his slashing attack on textbook publishers, accusing them of "dumbing down" their books to accommodate pupils at the bottom of the class, many parents have been taking a look … [Read more...] about Dumbing of Textbooks–Or Numbing of Standards?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has just dealt what is described by the Bureau of National Affairs as "a major blow to supporters of the Comparable Worth concept." This decision warned that acceptance of this untried theory "would … [Read more...] about “Comparable Worth” Loses Appeal

Did you think that "homework" is a word that means lessons which children carry home and do in after-school hours? That kind of homework seems to have gone out of style in the last decade. Today, the word "homework" is more apt to mean something very … [Read more...] about Women Working at Home

An amazing group of prominent and powerful persons is waiting in the wings to bring about a radical restructuring of our American Constitution. Just to call the roll of the big names is enough to reveal what enormous power in business, finance, the … [Read more...] about Plans to Rewrite the U.S Constitution

Just as one person can look at a half glass of water and say it's half empty, and another can look at the same glass and say it's half full, so one observer can look at the world and see gloom and doom, and another can see hope. Democratic Convention … [Read more...] about The Conservative Opportunity Society

What has Ronald Reagan done for women and families? Reagan did the best thing of all — he stopped inflation. The Carter inflation fell hardest on the working poor and the lower middle class families who could not keep up with rising prices on their … [Read more...] about The Need For a Pro-Family Policy

Two Roman Catholic Bishops, who went to Washington recently to testify against Reagan's policies to defend the United States against the Soviet military arsenal, got their comeuppance in debate that day from Congressman Henry Hyde. Under Hyde's … [Read more...] about The Key to Arms Control

A good example of why public school children and their parents need strong statutes and regulations to protect themselves against the invasion of their privacy is shown by a recent controversy in the Seattle area. Pupils in the Greenwood (WA) … [Read more...] about Why Pupil Privacy Needs to be Protected