During spring and summer vacations every year, thousands of high school students travel to Washington, D.C., to see the sights in our nation's capital city. Those who sponsor and encourage such trips like to think that the visits are educational, … [Read more...] about Vice in Washington, D.C.
Oil Embargo Scenario
Both those who argue for and against the forthcoming SALT II treaty seem to assume that the only utility of nuclear weapons is to attack or retaliate, and that the denouement in the nuclear drama will occur in the mid-1980s. That is a highly … [Read more...] about Oil Embargo Scenario
U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. Navies
The news photo of Mrs. John Glenn christening the new Trident submarine called the "Ohio" in Groton, Connecticut, while 3,000 demonstrators protested the event, may have misled some Americans into believing that the U.S. Navy is still the greatest … [Read more...] about U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. Navies
Helms Prayer Amendment
Senator Edward Kennedy proved his lack of competence to be chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee when he denounced the Helms Prayer Amendment as "a step that is clearly unconstitutional." It is not unconstitutional, and the chairman of … [Read more...] about Helms Prayer Amendment
The Shock of Iran
"The Iranian revolution is the Pearl Harbor of our day ... the greatest thing that happened to America since the Second World War, the thing that shook America to its foundations." So said Dr. Charles Malik of Lebanon in a recent major address in … [Read more...] about The Shock of Iran
Connecticut Education Controversy
The customary refusal of the liberals to tolerate any dissent from their rigid orthodoxy has reared its ugly head again in the matter of the membership of the Connecticut State Board of Education. The liberal educationists have refused to allow even … [Read more...] about Connecticut Education Controversy
Energy Dept. Curtails Energy
The price of a gallon of leaded regular gasoline has climbed from 40¢ in 1973 to 71¢ today and predictions are that it will soon reach $1. Oil prices are a key factor in consumer prices, now rising at 15 percent on an annual basis. We would probably … [Read more...] about Energy Dept. Curtails Energy
Drafting Women? Women in Combat?
One of the strangest phenomena taking place today is the orchestrated publicity designed to convey the impression that it is "inevitable" that young American women be drafted and assigned to military combat. The Association of the United States Army … [Read more...] about Drafting Women? Women in Combat?
Costs of the Panama Treaty
The bills are starting to come in for the Panama Treaty ratified by the Senate a year ago this month. They show that the American custom of "buy now, pay later" has been converted into "give away now, pay later." These bills indicate that it will … [Read more...] about Costs of the Panama Treaty
U.S. Support of Terrorists
Why are President Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance supporting Communists and terrorists in Africa and trying to topple one of the few pro-Western governments remaining on that Continent? That has to be one of the many mysteries of the … [Read more...] about U.S. Support of Terrorists






