Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 has stirred up a new controversy. That is the law, you will remember, which made front-page headlines in 1976 when President Gerald Ford discovered that the Department of Health, Education and Welfare was … [Read more...] about Title IX and Federal Power

The voters in about ten states will be confronted on November 2 with a ballot question on whether or not they support a Nuclear Weapons Freeze. Their answers will be a legal nothing; they have no more legal effect than the responses you might give to … [Read more...] about Nuclear Freeze Referenda

A reassessment of the relationship the United States and Japan is long overdue. The military and economic dynamics of the two countries have changed dramatically since the U.S.-Japan Treaty was signed, but we are handicapped by the treaty terms and … [Read more...] about Reassessing U.S.-Japan Relations?

"Chairman Brezhnev is right on the issue of the [nuclear] freeze." Can a man be elected President of the United States who said that in an interview in the September Penthouse magazine? That's the question John B. Anderson was asked on a TV talk show … [Read more...] about John Anderson for President?

For years, it was common "wisdom" that the secret of our high standard of living was our industrial production successes, such as those in automobiles, other factories, and transportation. Those who think that have overlooked something more … [Read more...] about Our Agricultural Miracle

Like his recent Presidential predecessors, Ronald Reagan has joined the game called "playing the China card." 1It's a no-win game for Americé, unprofitable by economic standards, futile in the pursuit of military goals, and a moral … [Read more...] about Human Rights in Red China

It seems like everybody is for welfare reform, but it is very difficult to show any tangible results that have really cut costs or eliminated fraud and abuse. Many people believe that the idea called Workfare is the answer to the welfare problem. … [Read more...] about Workfare

"But we can't trust the Russians," say the opponents of a nuclear freeze. "We don't have to," answer the freezeniks; "we can monitor Soviet compliance with satellites and other technical means, which can now read a license plate in Moscow." That … [Read more...] about The Folly of Freeze Without On-Site Inspection

Feelings ran rather high this summer when Long Islanders discovered that the Russians had installed high-powered electronic equipment in a residential neighborhood and were listening in on local telephone conversations. The reaction would be … [Read more...] about Russian Aid to Cuba

Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said: "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as … [Read more...] about Simplified Spelling or Simple-Minded Businessmen?