The maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Columbia last April marked the advent of a new era of human activity, even more momentous for the future than were the completion of the transcontinental railway, the Suez and Panama Canals, or the first flight of … [Read more...] about Seizing the High Fronteir

In the post-Watergate era of full disclosure, it is very difficult to understand why the Federal Communications Commission has allowed television and radio stations to continue to sign and fulfill secret agreements with coalitions of special-interest … [Read more...] about Secret TV Station Contracts

President Reagan is trying diligently to fulfill his mandate to cut federal spending toward his long-range goal of balancing the budget. Out of the some 150 programs in the Department of Education, his Office of Management and Budget has targeted one … [Read more...] about National Institute of Education

Eight bills have been introduced in Congress to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in McCarty v. McCarty handed down last July. The holding in McCarty reversed a state court, which had awarded up to half of a serviceman's pension to his … [Read more...] about Servicemen and Their Families

A currently-used high school textbook called “Street Law: A Course in Practical Law" is the wrong textbook at the wrong time and the wrong grade level. While it might have some value in law school or theological school (if the book's heavy bias could … [Read more...] about How Some High Schoolers Are Taught the Law

Several months ago, I received a letter from Bob Hope asking me to contribute to build a memorial to pay tribute to all the veterans who served in the Vietnam War. I knew it was a form letter which went to millions of other people, but I read it … [Read more...] about The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

One of the legacies of the Carter Administration was the sharp upward curve showing the percentage of women in the U.S. Armed Services. In 1972 the percentage was 1.5%; in 1980 it was 8.5%; the 1986 projection is 12.5%. The Reagan Administration … [Read more...] about The Military Pauses to Evaluate Women

Frances and Earl Frederick of Louisville, Kentucky, have provided a dramatic example of what parents can do to stop the sex stimulation courses that are invading classrooms across the country. They hired a lawyer, filed suit, and successfully … [Read more...] about Lawsuit Stops Mandatory Sex Education

The best thing that could come out of last month's White House Conference on the Aging is a hope that it will be the last "White House Conference" for any Special Interest Group. The real purpose of such conferences is for federal employees and … [Read more...] about White House Conferences