The Kremlin bosses must be asking themselves how in the world they were maneuvered into allowing Pope John Paul II to visit Poland. Of course, they didn't have to do it; no one can enter or leave a Communist country without official permission, and … [Read more...] about Outwitting the Communists

There is a deafening silence from all those students and street demonstrators who agitated so noisily against the Shah of Iran last year. There are no organized protests against the hundreds of secret trials and summary executions taking place under … [Read more...] about Iran and Human Rights

"Linkage" was supposed to be good when Henry Kissinger tried to link the United States in economic interdependence with the Soviet bloc in order to create a mutuality of self-interest that supposedly would flow over into political policies. "Linkage" … [Read more...] about Linkage: The National Will and SALT II

Would you believe that, if U.S. firms were to build a giant truck-manufacturing plant for the Russians, they could be relied on to build only civilian trucks and not military trucks? The average American would probably answer "don't be ridiculous," … [Read more...] about Lawsuit to Discover Technology Shipments

If your local banker loaned 10 percent of his bank's equity to a company against which there was absolutely no way to repossess anything if the company defaulted, and which might at any time change to hostile management and repudiate the loans, what … [Read more...] about Bad Loans to Iran

Aren't there already enough nuclear weapons to kill everyone in the world several times over? The "overkill" argument is fraudulent emotionalism. There are enough rifle bullets in the world to kill everyone several times over. There are enough drugs … [Read more...] about Questions on SALT II

When a high school student reads "Solomon" as "salami," or "hurricane" as “hammer," something is basically wrong. The error is even more dramatic when a student reads "clergyman" as "groceryman," "pony" as "horse," or "vacation" as "holiday." Such … [Read more...] about The Literacy Hoax

Any idea that the federal Legal Services Corporation is merely a do-good program to provide legal aid for needy people unable to pay for their own lawyers has been dispelled by a frank article in a recent issue of CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW. Two … [Read more...] about Legal Services Shenanigans