The Tax Reform Act of 1976 is a good lesson in how the word "reform" is often a cover word for a change that produces more cost, complexity, and confusion, and even increases public disillusionment with the legislative and administrative processes of … [Read more...] about Tax Law Confusion

Arthur Ashe's two-and-a-half-hour match with John McEnroe in the finals for the Grand Prix Masters, a major tennis tournament involving eight of the world's best singles players, was one of the best television shows of the year. Ashe is 35 and his … [Read more...] about Arthur Ashe

No longer are the political innovators those who devise ways and means of spending more money and extending their control over our lives and fortunes. No longer are the exciting political orators those who promise grandiose spending projects to treat … [Read more...] about Compelling a Balanced Budget

It would seem that a fundamental First Amendment right would be the right to contribute to any political candidate of your choice and, conversely, to refuse to contribute to every candidate you don't want elected. But the push is on in the new … [Read more...] about Taxpayer Financing of Elections

One continuing debate in our family is over the question of whether men or women are more of a slave to fashion. Of course, I take the position that men are, I thought I had produced my prime piece of evidence last June when, at one son's high school … [Read more...] about Businessmen’s Trade Fashions

Paul Nitze chose an apt analogy when he compared the SALT II negotiations to the courtship between a rich bachelor and an acquisitive beauty -- each aspiring to wedlock, but he for marriage and she with alimony in mind. Both sides want SALT II, but … [Read more...] about Different Goals of SALT II

The falling dominoes theory, which was proved valid by our bitter experience in Southeast Asia, may be on the verge of being tested again in the Middle East. Iran is the lead country in this drama, and the stakes are far higher for the West than in … [Read more...] about Soviets in Iran

The mythology put out by the Carter Administration, when it recently dashed the hopes of those who had been hoping our country would start an effective civil defense program, goes like this: Yes, the Soviet Union has a civil defense program, but … [Read more...] about How a “Frame of Mind” Colors the Facts

"Conspiracy" is a word that produces in the liberal establishment one of the most intriguing brands of schizophrenia known to modern psychiatry. The liberals are conspiracy-paranoid when they contemplate alleged conservative conspiracies, but … [Read more...] about Conspiracy

The appointment of Lieutenant General George M. Seignious 2d (U.S.A., Ret.) to head the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is another public relations ploy of the Carter Administration. The new White House strategy is to seek to cover the substance … [Read more...] about Image-Making and SALT