A small, select group of persons will have their day in the sun on December 10 when the King of Sweden confers the prestigious Nobel Prizes. Each will receive $162,320 and a glory that many would rank as even more valuable. Nobel Prizes have been … [Read more...] about Nobel Prizes
Illegitimate Births and Sex Rock
Tucked away in the pages of big city newspapers in recent months have been a succession of items more depressing even than the accounts of hideous crimes. The headlines over these news stories read like this: "A Third of All Births Illegitimate" or … [Read more...] about Illegitimate Births and Sex Rock
UN Treaties on Human Rights
As part of President Carter's campaign for human rights, he went to the United Nations headquarters last month and signed two treaties. News reports described the Carter signing ceremony as "deliberately low key." It was so low-key, in fact, that … [Read more...] about UN Treaties on Human Rights
Tito’s Trip
One of the world's leading Communist con men has succeeded in fleecing some new capitalist suckers. Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito and his retinue of 50 Communists enjoyed a three-day vacation at an expensive French resort, and then walked out … [Read more...] about Tito’s Trip
Free Speech For Anti-Communists
When campaigning for the presidency, Jimmy Carter said: “We ought to be a beacon for nations who search for peace and who search for freedom, who search for individual liberty, who search for basic human rights." How can the same man who raised that … [Read more...] about Free Speech For Anti-Communists
High Salaries and First-Class Fringes
Like looking at life through bifocals, there are two ways to look at almost everything. For example, many people think that Federal bureaucrats, by comparison with the wages the rest of us earn, are overpaid and underworked. However, to Federal … [Read more...] about High Salaries and First-Class Fringes
The Hatch Act
The Hatch Act is the law that keeps Federal employees from being used as a political machine by their political superiors. It saves government employees from political arm-twisting, overt or subtle, and it saves the public from having the taxpayers' … [Read more...] about The Hatch Act
Moral Issues in Panama Treaty
We've heard a lot about the political, diplomatic, constitutional, and financial issues involved in the new Panama Canal Treaties, but what about the moral issues? A good case can be made that the Treaties are highly immoral because they deprive us … [Read more...] about Moral Issues in Panama Treaty
Exporting U.S. Technology
The Soviet appetite for Western technology is staggering. The Soviets are gobbling up U.S. plans and plants as fast as they can, and our country is cooperating by sending free technical materials and factories and machines subsidized by long-term … [Read more...] about Exporting U.S. Technology
Elephant Extinction?
Public opinion polls this year have proclaimed that Republican Party affiliation has declined to its lowest level in the last four decades. Only one person in five considers himself a Republican. The rapid drop-off in the party of the elephant has … [Read more...] about Elephant Extinction?






