A personal encounter or a good human interest story always drives home a point more effectively than a rash of raw statistics. When the College Entrance Examination scores dropped steadily for thirteen straight years, the educators tried to explain … [Read more...] about Functional Illiterates

The St. Louis metropolitan area has had two stunning examples of how Federal bureaucrats a thousand miles away make unfair and disruptive decisions that cause irreparable economic harm to hundreds of thousands of people. On July 1, 1968 the Federal … [Read more...] about Highway Freeze & Airport Move

When Mao Tse-tung died recently, the radio stations in Taiwan interrupted their programs with an announcement that began, "We have good news to report." Taiwan's reaction was truthful. The outpouring of praise for Mao all over the world was a flood … [Read more...] about Death of Mao

One of the big changes that have come about in political campaigns in the last ten years is the practice of polling the voters to find out what issues they are concerned about. On the surface, this seems like a waste of good campaign contributions … [Read more...] about Ballooning Bureaucracy

Henry Kissinger chose Philadelphia as his launching site for a new crusade which he now labels his "most urgent priority." It is a program to overthrow and change two governments some 8,000 miles away -- Rhodesia and South Africa. One would think … [Read more...] about Kissinger on Africa

When President Gerald Ford made his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City--the speech that has been widely applauded as the best he ever delivered--he stated: "While I am President, we will not return to a collision … [Read more...] about Collision Course and Korea

The world has been watching the Dutch government handle the embarrassing case of a very high official who engaged in improper actions. When allegations were made six months ago that Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands might have accepted more than a … [Read more...] about Prince Bernhard

Contrary to the popular belief that national party platforms tend to blur rather than clarify the differences between the two major political parties, and are so vague that they don't mean much anyway, the 1976 party platforms offer the voters a … [Read more...] about Platform Comparisons

Proof that Ronald Reagan is a man with the potential to rise to the opportunities that fate brings was demonstrated at the closing session of the Republican National Convention. Reagan had rejected two invitations to address that Thursday session … [Read more...] about Reagan’s Finest Hour