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

The newly-published autobiography of the late Chief Justice Earl Warren reveals what has long been suspected. President Eisenhower was very disappointed in two of his appointees to the Supreme Court: Earl Warren and William Brennan. The book quotes … [Read more...] about Earl Warren’s Autobiography

The key to the solution of murder mysteries is popularly thought to be the stereotype coined by the French: cherchez la femme -- look for the woman. When it comes to money mysteries, however, the Latin maxim, cui bono, meaning for whose benefit, is a … [Read more...] about Bank Loans to Panama

Should personal health be a matter of individual choice or governmental decision? This is the fundamental question behind some of the most controversial issues now being bandied about in the legislatures, the bureaucracy, and the courts. The Federal … [Read more...] about Government-Managed Health