The moment of truth for Social Security is fast approaching. Two years ago, Social Security moved from the black to the red. The 1975 deficit was $1.2 billion, the 1976 deficit was $3.2 billion, and the 1977 deficit is $5.6 billion. The deficits are … [Read more...] about Shoring Up Social Security

Defense Secretary Harold Brown stated recently that the Soviets are building four new types of intercontinental ballistic missiles, but he doesn't know "why the Soviets are pushing so hard to improve their Strategic nuclear capabilities." At a … [Read more...] about Soviet Intentions?

If we had lost a war to Panama and had to tender an unconditional surrender, the peace treaty wouldn't read much differently from the treaty that President Carter voluntarily signed on September 7, 1977 and now asks the Senate to ratify. Here is what … [Read more...] about The Panama Treaty Terms

The attachment of the word "reform" to almost any piece of legislation gives it a tailwind that helps to speed its way through the cumbersome legislative process. The American people, however, have wised up to the use of the word reform when it is … [Read more...] about Carter’s Welfare Reform

Now that school is open and educators are back at their desks, a series of newspaper articles has surfaced claiming that the schools are doing a super job, and that the recent report by the national advisory committee on S.A.T. scores was really all … [Read more...] about S.A.T. Scores Report

One of America's most vital industries is now being badly crippled by the Foreigners First policy in Washington. Government officials seem more eager to toady to foreign economic interests than to prevent American workers from joining the … [Read more...] about Steel Industry Blues

The American people are a stubborn lot. There are some things that they simply will not believe, despite enormous efforts to persuade them by prominent Americans, official reports, and a steady avalanche of reporting by the mass media. One example … [Read more...] about Is There an Energy Crisis?

If the United States cannot afford the new B-1 bomber to replace our 15-year-old B-52s, nor afford any more Minuteman missiles or Poseidon submarines, how can the Soviet Union afford to build more new bombers, missiles, and submarines, than the … [Read more...] about Loans to the Soviet Bloc

The seeds of judicial legislation begun by Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and William 0. Douglas are now yielding weird fruit. A Federal judge recently held unconstitutional a New Jersey law requiring public school students to stand during the … [Read more...] about Judicial Activism

Now that the anguish and bitterness associated with the Vietnam have dimmed, it is time to start assessing our mistakes and redesigning our defenses against any recurrence. That's the opinion of General William C. Westmoreland who was Field … [Read more...] about Westmoreland Assessment