While waiting in a hotel room recently for my friends to arrive, I turned on the television. I watched in horror for five long minutes while a sadistic, retarded man beat, struck, and terrorized a frightened, helpless woman. The prolonged violence … [Read more...] about Does Pornography Promote Domestic Violence?

The American people are weary of the 1984 Presidential campaign, yet we are only midway toward its finale on November 6. Articles are beginning to appear suggesting that the cause of public disaffection is that the primaries impose artificial and … [Read more...] about Whats Happened to the Democratic Party?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, known to the world as UNESCO, has three principal mandates: the eradication of world illiteracy, the preservation of historical monuments, and the pursuit of scientific exchange. … [Read more...] about UNESCO: Propoganda Not Education

It wasn't merely revenge for Jimmy Carter's boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games that caused the Soviets to announce that their athletes would not be permitted to participate in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles this summer. The Communists are not … [Read more...] about Moscow at the Olympics

The "phonics-first" versus the "look-say" method of teaching children to read has been a burning education controversy ever since the publication of Rudolf Flesch's 1955 book "Why Johnny Can't Read." Generally, those with a vested interest in the … [Read more...] about The Great Debate About Reading Goes On and On

Are the movie-makers deliberately selling us leftwing, liberal propaganda on political and social issues? Or, are they merely free-enterprise entrepreneurs who are interested only in making fast bucks by giving the public what it wants? Put another … [Read more...] about The Liberal Biases of the Movie-Makers

The federal income tax is much more than a device to raise revenues to pay the costs of government. Nestled within its intricate rate structure and complicated layers of credits, exemptions, deductions, and penalties, the income tax code contains … [Read more...] about Social Policy in the Income Tax

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?