A new high (or low, as you prefer) in media creation of artificial issues was reached in the advance reporting of the recent 93rd annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which they call their Continental Congress. It's a good … [Read more...] about An Object Lesson in Why the Media Lack Credibility

The appointment of Bishop John J. O'Connor to the "first among equals" post of Catholic Archbishop of New York has sent a powerful message through the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States. It is a clear signal that the winds in the Church … [Read more...] about Abortion and Holocaust Parrellels

Will the Department of Education publish -- or censor -- the record of the seven days of hearings it recently completed across the country on regulations for the Protection of Pupil Rights Act? To publish or not to publish, that is the … [Read more...] about Will Education Dept Hearings be Published?

The orchestrated antagonism of the media against President Ronald Reagan for awarding the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Whittaker Chambers is a fascinating example of a Pavlovian-style conditioned response. PBS's American Playhouse will air a … [Read more...] about Questions Raised by the Medal for Whittaker Chambers

When Congressmen had to choose between voting for a mandate for total gender equality in insurance (the Unisex Insurance bill) and voting for an amendment to allow lower automobile accident insurance rates for women, they chose the latter. This … [Read more...] about Unisex Insurance Suffers Fatal Blow

Hearings were held recently by the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee on a bill "to promote pay equity" (H.R. 4599). "Equity" means justice, but what is justice when it comes to setting wages? Clearly, there must be something mighty fair … [Read more...] about WHAT IS PAY EQUITY?

The U.S. Department of Education recently concluded a series of seven hearings on proposed regulations for the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. It is a mystery why no regulations have yet been issued to enforce this Federal statute which has been law … [Read more...] about EDUCATION DEPT HEARINGS ON PUPIL RIGHTS

Who creates our U.S. money -- and what controls its value? That question is rarely asked; if it is asked, there are few coherent answers and certainly no consensus. Most people are vitally concerned with the daily urgency of acquiring and spending … [Read more...] about TRUTH IN MONEY

A Nation at Risk, the title of the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, was the subject of a debate in which I participated in front of several thousand elementary school teachers attending a state convention on reading in … [Read more...] about THE SAD STATE OF SPELLING

The saddest stories in daily newspapers in recent weeks have been about the foreclosures and forced sales of family farms. The eyewitness news accounts of the auctions, during which every parcel of land and item of farm equipment is sold off to pay … [Read more...] about DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR DEBTORS