In the midst of the Iranian crisis, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held four days of hearings on the proposal to repeal the existing laws which exempt servicewomen from military combat. The witnesses for this proposal … [Read more...] about Hearings on Women in Combat

The real explanation for why the great United States had to endure weeks of unprecedented national humiliation and mistreatment of our citizens at the embassy in Teheran was contained in a small AP dispatch which didn't even reach the top of the … [Read more...] about Power Counts, Not “World Opinion”

What do the letters FFB mean to you? Officially, they stand for Federal Financing Bank, but colloquially they stand for Free Federal Bucks. FFB is an obscure, off-budget bank in the U.S. Treasury Department, with only ten full-time employees. It … [Read more...] about Free Federal Bucks

Four international human rights treaties have been signed and sent to the Senate for ratification by President Carter, and hearings have already been held. They could be reported to the Senate for action at any time. The treaties masquerade in the … [Read more...] about The International Human Rights Treaties

We are used to report cards on students and sometimes on teachers, to voting record tallies on Congressmen to publicized platforms of important candidates and political parties, but somehow the accountability process has overlooked the judges. Many … [Read more...] about Holding Judges Accountable

One of the outstanding features of the Social Security system for the last 40 years is that it has never reneged on paying benefits to any class of beneficiaries. Social Security affects more Americans than any other institution in America, and … [Read more...] about Social Security: Policies and Proposals

When Defense Secretary Harold Brown submits to questioning by reporters or Congressmen, he speaks so slowly and deliberately that it almost seems he is hoping that his interrogators will run out of time before he has a chance to reveal any important … [Read more...] about Secretary Brown’s Admission

If there ever was a man entitled to say "I told you so," it is Rudolf Flesch, author of a best-selling book 25 years ago called "Why Johnny Can't Read," which presented a depressing picture of the faulty methods used to teach reading in most schools. … [Read more...] about Phony-Phonics Versus Phonics-First

It's bad enough when American taxpayers are forced to finance the export of jobs to Western nations, but it is incredible that we should be forced to finance the export of jobs to the Soviet Union. Yet the State-Commerce Department policy of detente … [Read more...] about Trading Jobs With the Russians

The Carter Administration's plan to fight inflation is to raise taxes and interest rates, increase unemployment, reduce production, and accept a lower standard of living. As explained by Barry Bosworth, former head of the Council on Wage and Price … [Read more...] about The Wrong and Right Way to Fight Inflation