Espionage used to mean operating under aliases, sneaking around dark corners, seducing sultry Mata Hari's, and traveling under forced passports. Detente has converted that formerly shady business into a respectable and flourishing enterprise. Today, … [Read more...] about Soviet Espionage

The Institute for Humane Studies in California has just published an excellent and much-needed little pamphlet by attorney William B. Ball of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which shows the interrelation of the four principal areas of litigation involving … [Read more...] about Litigation for Educational Freedom

When the Ohio voters killed instant voter registration last month, they proved anew that the people have better judgment than their leaders. Furthermore, the Ohio voters who won that important referendum got double their money's worth because the … [Read more...] about Instant Voter Registration Killed

However broadly or narrowly the right of privacy is defined, it would seem that any definition should include the right of Americans to be immune from having their telephone conversations listened to by foreign agents. Yet, apparently Americans do … [Read more...] about Soviet Telephone Bugging

While Secretary of State Cyrus Vance is busy trying to persuade the Soviets to sign a SALT II treaty, former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird is charging that "the evidence is incontrovertible that the Soviet Union has repeatedly, flagrantly and … [Read more...] about Salt II and Lead Times

Inflation will probably be the biggest issue in the 1978 elections, just as deflation, or tight money, was the issue in 1932 that elected Franklin D. Roosevelt for what ultimately became four terms. Inflation hits hardest at those on fixed incomes … [Read more...] about Devaluation

Although Alex Haley popularized the term "Roots" and the searching for one's origins, he didn't invent the desire of many people to seek out and ascertain their ancestors. Members of patriotic societies who are descended from soldiers of the American … [Read more...] about Evolution

American Presidents are somehow convinced that it is politically helpful to go to Russia and bring back an agreement, no matter how one-sided, signed by the Soviet dictator. President Roosevelt did that with Stalin at Teheran in 1943 and Yalta in … [Read more...] about SALT II Prospects

The morale of our national security agencies is at an all time low after the conviction of former CIA Director Richard Helms, coming hard on the heels of the indictment of FBI veteran John J. Kearney. A criminal indictment is the thanks they both got … [Read more...] about CIA and FBI Indictments

Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance is planning on delivering the Crown of St. Stephen to the Hungarian Communist regime about the first of December. St. Stephen's Crown is the oldest Christian symbol of freedom and authority in Europe. A gift from … [Read more...] about Crown of St. Stephen