President Carter's decision not to build the neutron weapon is another victory for Brezhnev and another insult to our allies who had counted on it. Carter has severely handicapped NATO in its current negotiations with Russia over troop parity between … [Read more...] about The Neutron Weapon

Captive Nations Week is observed each year during the third week of July as a result of Public Law 86-90, passed in 1959 and signed by President Eisenhower. This law directs our President to proclaim Captive Nations Week "each year until such time as … [Read more...] about Captive Nations Week

As America sags under the double burden of inflation and unemployment, economic doomsayers can find a much cheerier business picture in the anti-Communist countries in the Far East. Unlike Red China, which remains poverty-stricken after 30 years of … [Read more...] about Far Eastern Businessmen

Watching the television newscasts about the fallout from California's Proposition 13 makes one think that the state is about to collapse and fall into the Pacific Ocean. The impression conveyed is that California voters made a terrible mistake and, … [Read more...] about The Tax Revolt

After a recent speech I made in San Francisco, an angry man accosted me and said, "I hold you responsible, as a member of the media, for the blackout of news about the tragedy of Cambodia." I protested that I had written several columns on the … [Read more...] about The Tragedy of Cambodia

Has America lost its will to fight? When two of our nation's most scholarly statesmen, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, as well as Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn all think so, it is … [Read more...] about U.S. Will to Fight

Now that the passions of spring campus demonstrations have subsided, some of the students who spent last semester protesting their universities’ investments in corporations doing business in South Africa should look at human rights violations closer … [Read more...] about Human Rights in Cuba

France's reaction to the recent invasion of Zaire provides an inspiring contrast to the usual vacillating American response to Communist aggression. The decisiveness and deft footwork of President Valery Giscard d'Estaing contrasts sharply with … [Read more...] about The Francophone Family

For the first time, Red China has allowed its highest diplomat in the United States, Han Hsu, to make a public speech. The occasion was the graduation ceremonies at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Whereas most commencement speakers use … [Read more...] about Red China’s Commencement Pitch

Public opinion polls may be used for either of two different purposes: to record public opinion or to influence public opinion. When used to control public opinion, polls are like computers. If operated with professional integrity, they can digest … [Read more...] about Public Opinion Poll on SALT II