Was President Carter this spring deliberately provoking a confrontation with the Soviet Union over Iran and Afghanistan? He talked ominously about "military action" by American troops to defend the Persian Gulf, and he let his special ambassador, … [Read more...] about Cyrus Vance’s Resignation

The fantastic growth of the ripoff involved in taxing the American people to provide handouts to the less developed countries (LDC) is new proof of the old adage that “great oaks from little acorns grow." It started with a mere $45 million in 1949. … [Read more...] about U.S. Aid to Less Developed Countries

One of the country's most successful consumer products was built from scratch into a multi-million dollar business by a smart entrepreneur who hired people to go to drug stores and ask them to put a supply of the item on their shelves without any … [Read more...] about It’s a Long, Long Time From Now to November

Are the American people better informed than ever before, or worse informed? Have advances in technology and communication brought us more information and access to the news -- or less than in the past? For starters, compare this year's political … [Read more...] about Do Americans Get Enough News?

President Carter started his recent address to the League of Women Voters with what he and his audience apparently thought was a joke. The typed transcript shows the word "(Laughter)" immediately after it. The President said, "When people ask me … [Read more...] about A Better Class of Problems?

Americans who like to cheer for the underdog, for a David who wins his fight against a Goliath, have a new hero. Larry E. Parrish, a lawyer of Memphis, Tennessee, won a major court case this spring against 15 high-priced lawyers representing some of … [Read more...] about A Victory Over Obscenity

"Who will be Ronald Reagan's choice for a running mate?" seems to be the only major question not yet resolved about either of the National Nominating Conventions scheduled for this summer. At least three factors make Reagan's choice this year … [Read more...] about Who Will Be Reagan’s Running Mate?

Some people call it a social time bomb, some a keg of dynamite, some an urban crisis. Others just wring their hands and say it is depressing and demoralizing. Billions of tax dollars have been spent in a vain effort to solve the problem, but it … [Read more...] about A Jobs Strategy for Young Blacks

The OPEC nations are going to increase the price of oil again, this time to about $33 per barrel. Do the OPEC nations literally have us over a barrel so that we must pay any price set by their whim? The United States Government owns immense oil … [Read more...] about Why Oil Prices Are So High

During the 1976 presidential campaign, candidate Jimmy Carter hatched some chickens that have now come home to roost. After he had been caught talking out of both sides of his mouth on abortion, he tried to defuse that issue by talking about the … [Read more...] about Rigging the Results of the White House Conference