The U.S. Supreme Court, half a century ago, resolved a fundamental social/governmental issue in America: the state may not force children to attend a public school. The powerful interests that wanted to force a secular conformity on all Americans … [Read more...] about State Control Over Education

The feminist movement is forever bragging about the higher and higher percentage of women in the paid labor force, especially in full-time, nontraditional jobs. "Affirmative action” for females is predicated on the notion that sex discrimination must … [Read more...] about Our Neglected Children

President Reagan's unhappy experience with MX Dense Pack contains a powerful political lesson. If his White House advisers don't learn it soon, they will not be able to cope with the real world of politics between now and 1984. ~ Reagan's advisers … [Read more...] about White House Goof on Defense Pack

Will President Reagan's MX Blue Ribbon Commission fare any better in deciding defense policy than President Nixon's Blue Ribbon Commission of a dozen years ago? The old Blue Ribbon report did an excellent job of defining our problems, but its … [Read more...] about Blue Ribbon Commissions on Defense

Since the November election, those unhappy with the verdict of the polls have been busy explaining their losses and recommending "reforms" which presumably would assure that all the "best" candidates would be elected to office. The principal villain … [Read more...] about The Power and Politics of PACs

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just published its 1983-84 Source Book of suggested state legislation. It is being delivered this month to all 7,400 state legislators, 50 governors, state officials, and other policy officials -- … [Read more...] about ALEC’s Suggested State Legislation

A reader has sent me a copy of a letter he has been sending to school boards in which he suggests a class action lawsuit against book publishers to force them to stop foisting off on public school children reading those textbooks which are producing … [Read more...] about Disadvantaged School Children

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