On July 14, 1964, at the Republican National Convention in the Cow Palace in San Francisco, I watched many thousands of Republicans give wildly sustained applause to an unexpected paragraph in the formal address made by former President Dwight … [Read more...] about Influence of the Media Elite

In line with its policies of returning as much federal money and power as possible to the states, the Reagan Administration cancelled the national conference scheduled by the Carter Administration for 1981 under the name "White House Conference on … [Read more...] about White House Conference on Children

Now that the 1982 Congressional campaigns are upon us, we are hearing a great deal of discussion in the media about how money -- not issues, not personalities, not parties—— is the most important factor in being elected. We hear complaints about how … [Read more...] about Who Spent Big Campaign Money?

President Reagan acted wisely and decisively in imposing sanctions on the Soviet Union to encourage the lifting of martial law in Poland. He also announced that "further steps may be necessary" and that he will be prepared to take them. A good … [Read more...] about Additional Sanctions on Russia?

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