The dramatic fall in value of the British pound teaches the most important lesson Americans should learn before they vote in the November election; the economic failure of the Welfare State. From England the message is coming through loud and clear: … [Read more...] about Lesson of the Pound

Every time I read about a new speech given by candidates Jimmy Carter or Walter Mondale, I shudder to think how much it's going to cost us all in additional taxes. In what was described as a major speech on U.S. foreign policy, Senator Mondale … [Read more...] about Mondale and Foreign Aid

The television commentators were disappointed in the first Ford-Carter debate. In their instant analysis and Monday morning quarterbacking, they complained that the debate was a dull show; it lacked excitement and even spontaneity. The candidates … [Read more...] about The Ford-Carter Debate

Two exciting events occurred last month that confirm that the rest of the world still believes the United States is the best country to live in. On September 9 it was announced that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the great Russian Nobel Prize-winning … [Read more...] about Solzhenitsyn and Belenko

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