Many of the postmortems on the Great New York Blackout of '77 have tried to target Consolidated Edison as the villain and the Federal Government as the hero who can ride to the rescue to shield us from such catastrophes in the future. Of course … [Read more...] about New York Blackout

When Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, New Jersey, conducted a poll of high school graduates, it discovered that 61 percent do not believe in the profit system, 83 percent estimate profits to be 50 percent or more, and 95 percent believe … [Read more...] about Why Students Want Federal Control

At last the national news media are reporting on what many people for many months have believed is the biggest national security scandal in the country: the fact that Soviet agents in Washington, D.C. are eavesdropping on most of the long-distance … [Read more...] about Embassy Eavesdropping

This week we are officially celebrating Captive Nations Week, an annual observance designated by Congress and proclaimed by the President in accordance with Public Law 86-90. The Captive Nations Resolution, which was passed by overwhelming … [Read more...] about Captive Nations Week

During World War II, the Republic of China's mortal enemy, Japan, made tempting offers for a separate treaty which would have brought peace to China after many years of Japanese invasion. But this would also have freed Japanese divisions to fight … [Read more...] about Red China Normalization?

When interviewed after President Carter's decision to cancel production of the B-1 bomber, one union worker who will lose his job said ruefully, "I voted for Carter; I thought he was too smart to do this." It is hard to understand how the worker … [Read more...] about B-1 Cancellation

Charges of illicit lobbying by South Korea are impelling Congress to take another look at and possibly revise the Foreign Agents Registration Act. It's too bad, however, that this investigation did not precede the passage of the annual foreign aid … [Read more...] about Lobbyists For Foreign Governments

On last year's Fourth of July, we celebrated our 200th Anniversary by parading 225 large sailing vessels up the Hudson River. But if we are to be free to celebrate future July Fourths, we must surpass all the new weapons our adversary is building -- … [Read more...] about Is Nuclear War Winnable?

Although our country has survived the fifth anniversary of Watergate, and suffered through the long-drawn-out trials and convictions of some two score high Government officials, we-have not yet seen the end of the damage it has caused to our system … [Read more...] about Taxpayer Financing of Congressional Races

The State Department has launched a fullscale lobbying and propaganda campaign to sell Congress and the American people on the idea of giving away the U.S. Canal to the Panama dictator Torrijos. This includes what is euphemistically called … [Read more...] about Canal Treaty Lobbying