Some 25,000 businesses closed their doors last year. They went bankrupt and terminated the jobs of all their workers. The taxpayers did not repay the Investors' losses. Thousands of farmers faced foreclosure last year. They lost their land and … [Read more...] about The Big Bank Bailout of 1983

If the Reagan Administration and the Republican Party will study the recent Chicago Mayoralty primary election, they will find that it contains the keys to a Republican victory in 1984. They can ignore the daily slamming that the Administration gets … [Read more...] about Lessons From Chicago Moyoralty Election

"The best offense is a good defense" would be a better slogan in the nuclear age than the version that is customarily heard in sports and war. In any event, it surely never occurred to anyone who uses the "the best defense is a good offense” version … [Read more...] about The Myth of a “Destabilizing” Defense

It took parents more than a decade after the Supreme Court expelled prayer and Bible reading from the public schools to discover that the intellectual and moral vacuum left behind by those decisions was filled NOT by a neutrality toward religion but … [Read more...] about Is Secular Humanism a Religion?

"How is it that an American arms control negotiator can take a talk in the woods near Geneva with his Soviet counterpart, work out an understanding that violates his instructions, be rebuked by the White House and then lobby half the world to change … [Read more...] about The Strange Career of Paul Nitze

More than 58,000 American servicemen were killed in the Vietnam War, and another 155,000 are listed as casualties. But many of the 250,000 who have been "slain" by drunk drivers in the United States since 1972 might also be called Vietnam War … [Read more...] about Raising the Drinking Age

CBS's Dan Rather, the Washington Post, and the New York Times have recently discovered Raoul Wallenberg. Until a few months ago, he had zero name ID with the average Americans who get their news from the TV and radio networks and the liberal … [Read more...] about Who Reports the News First?

A drama is currently being played out in the New Jersey Legislature which parallels similar dramas in other state legislatures over the last several years. These controversies reflect a determined drive to eliminate the career homemaker (dependent … [Read more...] about The Legislative and Judicial War Against Wives

The man who is known to all Americans as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" gave us much sound advice which is part of our American heritage. His birthday is a good time to recall George Washington's … [Read more...] about George Washington’s Advice

Federal tax statutes are not merely a means of raising government revenue. Their built-in incentives and disincentives provide powerful inducements -- even coercions -- to motivate/compel Americans to spend their money in certain ways. The Tax … [Read more...] about Capital Gains Rollover