The politicians, pundits and pollsters who took a beating about their inaccurate forecasts of:last November's election have spent the last two months explaining and defending. They still haven't figured out what happened. The typical pragmatic … [Read more...] about Political Diagnosis and Prognosis

In recent testimony at a Congressional hearing, Senator Edward Kennedy turned up as the flag-carrier for a new feminist cause wrapped in the old, tired rhetoric. He said that the Old Testament records that "women earned 30 shekels for every 50 earned … [Read more...] about Equal Pay for Comparable Worth

Robert Caro has spent seven years researching President Lyndon B. Johnson; the result is one volume of biography, an article in last month's Atlantic Monthly, and two more volumes in the oven. He has concluded that LBJ was ambitious and unprincipled, … [Read more...] about LBJ Revisited

Art Buchwald's particular brand of humor has made him a social commentator on current cultural and political trends just as Will Rogers' humor delighted an earlier age. A recent Buchwald column titled "Liberation and the Self-Maid Woman," like many … [Read more...] about The Cost of Liberation

The stereotypes of men's and women's roles teach us that the man is the one expected to enforce discipline, while the womah Is the fountainhead of tenderness and forgiveness. As every parent knows, reality is often the other way. One of Ronald … [Read more...] about Jeane the Dragon Killer

Commemoration of the religious feast of Christmas reminds us to be grateful that we live in a nation that officially recognizes the birth of Christ by a national holiday. It gives us a chance to recall that our American heritage is religious, not … [Read more...] about Ours is a Religious Nation

Oklahoma has become a pace-setter for innovative legislative ideas in the field of education and parental rights. Since the spring of 1981, the Legislature has passed three separate acts aimed at solving current problems in education. The Parents' … [Read more...] about Oklahoma’s Innovative Education Laws

Are the liberal Democratic politicians leading the U.S. Catholic Bishops down the primrose path to serve liberal political goals and to elect liberal Democrats to office? It is easy to see how the liberal Democrats must have agonized about the way … [Read more...] about Liberal Politics and the Bishops

Confidence inhthe future is an essential ingredient of prosperity. The fluctuations in the stock market, in interest rates, in capital expansion, and in bankruptcies in the United States during the past several years are evidence of uncertainties … [Read more...] about Lessons of Taiwan and Hong Kong

Censorship is a buzzword currently used to create media coverage for certain favored groups that have easy access to the media, while intimidating citizens, taxpayers, and parents without such easy access. Here are seven principles by which the … [Read more...] about Criteria for Comments on Censorship