Can it be statistically proven that the more the federal government spends on education, the worse is the product our schools turn out? Maybe not; but the burden to prove that this is NOT so is on the advocates of federal spending because the rise in … [Read more...] about Another “F” For U.S. Schools

What kind of living conditions would you find so intolerable that, to escape them, you would voluntarily assume a high risk of losing your life and the lives of your spouse and children, and even with the best of luck you would surely lose all your … [Read more...] about How Much is Freedom Worth?

Are Americans facing a future in which the family breadwinner must work an 80- hour week in order to pay the incoming bills? And even then must accept a lower standard of living? That's what the current gloom-and-doom forecasts add up to. The … [Read more...] about Longer Work Week, Lower Living Standards

One of the few football games I ever attended was a Notre Dame home game in the fall of 1970. At half-time, a Vietnam veteran hobbled out onto the playing field and was given a citation of appreciation from the team and the University for which he … [Read more...] about Football Heroes

The argument by some that the rejection of SALT II will result in an arms race which will be beyond the financial capabilities of the United States cannot be sustained. Cost is a phony argument when applied to strategic weapons, which make up the … [Read more...] about The Cost Argument and SALT II

Academic freedom and educational diversity won a great victory when the U.S. Senate voted to block the Internal Revenue Service from implementing its proposed regulation threatening the tax-deductible status of thousands of private and religious … [Read more...] about Academic Freedom Victory

Why is the Carter Administration shoring up Communist dictatorships with American aid, loans, and shipments of strategic military and industrial materials, while the people who live under Communism are risking their lives to escape? The message that … [Read more...] about Financing and Arming the Communists

The belated discovery of thousands of Russian combat troops in Cuba is a good time for us to examine the question: When we stand up to the Soviets and refuse to yield to their demands or offensive tactics, does this result in escalation or … [Read more...] about Standing up to the Soviets