The most controversial issue in the media and in White House incoming messages today is whether women, as well as men, should be registered for the draft. President Carter flung the issue into public debate when, in his State of the Union address, he … [Read more...] about Draft Registration

Americans are about as deficient in world geography as we are in foreign languages. Only a handful of Americans study any geography after the seventh grade. Only a few knew where Korea and Vietnam are until our boys were boarding the boats to die … [Read more...] about A Geography Lesson

The Domestic Violence and Prevention Services Act (H.R. 2977) passed the House with very little opposition in December, but is producing accelerating controversy in the Senate where the Child and Human Development Subcommittee has scheduled hearings … [Read more...] about Domestic Violence Act

Among the stacks of letters I receive from readers came one recently which started off like this: "If you want to read the most intelligent comment on our present ever-increasing decadence, by all means write to: Imprimis, Hillsdale College, … [Read more...] about Answers to the Gloom-and-Doomers

"Know your enemy" is a maxim fundamental to all military, political and athletic contests, both for offensive and defensive operations. To go out on the field of battle (or play) without knowing the opposition is like blindfolding one eye. The … [Read more...] about Our Blind Eye: The Intelligence Gap

"For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" As events abroad propel our nation from the illusions of detente to the reality of the New Cold War, and the calendar moves inexorably toward the presidential … [Read more...] about Rebuilding American Power and Prestige

We are indebted to Congressman John Ashbrook (R-Oh) for making public a letter from the Bureau of Land Management (a virtual dictator of massive portions of Western lands) which shows that the Federal bureaucrats are more concerned about "sage grouse … [Read more...] about Why We Are Dependent on Imported Oil

For many years, a consortium of atheists, agnostics, and the American Civil Liberties Union has had a field day in our courts knocking out any shred of religious observance in public schools and public places. They've eliminated prayers from the … [Read more...] about Lawsuits About Church and State

The stampede to buy gold is not just a sudden desire of people to possess the beautiful gold metal. It is not merely a depressing flight from the U.S. dollar, although that certainly is part of the phenomenon. Most of all, the meteoric rise in the … [Read more...] about The End of Detente

"I cannot predict the future course of Soviet behavior, " said national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski when asked on a Sunday morning public affairs television program about the Soviet military incursion into Afghanistan. But why can't … [Read more...] about Afghanistan Was Predictable