A 374-page book that sells 500,000 copies is a best-seller in any language. A book that sold that many copies inside Russia has just been published in the United States. I wonder if it will sell even 1,000 here. The book has no sex appeal. The people … [Read more...] about Civil Defense

As we emerge from an unusually severe winter, it might be an appropriate time to examine a wintry slogan that refers to the political climate rather than the weather. The term "chilling effect" has been appearing in legal briefs with increasing … [Read more...] about Chilling Our Law Enforcement

When Jimmy Carter was campaigning for President, he promised his followers "new faces, new ideas ... a new generation of leadership." His Cabinet appointments, however, make clear that his Administration will be. run by old faces, old ideas, and just … [Read more...] about Carter’s Cabinet

Legislation is being introduced into Congress to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court decision last month in the General Electric case which held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not require a company disability plan to pay wages to women who … [Read more...] about Maternity Disability Pay

"Putting Americans back to work" has been selected by House Speaker Thomas O'Neill as the first priority of the new Congress. Democratic Congressmen started to work on jobs legislation even without waiting for Jimmy Carter to send his official … [Read more...] about Jobs and Natural Gas

The stalemate of the talks on Rhodesia has dismayed those pushing hard for a prompt and painless changeover from white-minority to black-majority rule. Those advocating overt or covert U.S. financing for an invasion of the prosperous, peaceful … [Read more...] about African “Liberation”

The recent furor about cheating at West Point raises some fundamental questions about enforcing a code of behavior on college students. While there is room for argument about whether the particular West Point honor code is too strict or was … [Read more...] about Campus Morality

If you want to get a bill through Congress, the way to do it is to attach the word "reform." This label appears to have magic properties to guide a bill successfully through the labyrinths of the legislative process. That bit of semantics is the … [Read more...] about Tax Act of 1976

Harold Brown, former Secretary of the Air Force and now president of California Institute of Technology, has emerged as one of the few controversial appointees in Jimmy Carter's Cabinet. The military hardliners are critical of him because of his … [Read more...] about Harold Brown Appointment