Marc Tucker Presents a Warmed-Over Plan
Marc Tucker’s New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce has just received national publicity for a verbose report called “Tough Choices or Tough Times.” It’s larded with criticisms about our “expensive elementary and secondary education system” that produces “only mediocre results.”
Continue reading →Bush’s Plan To Bankrupt Social Security
President Bush’s secret plan for Social Security has just been released to the public in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by TREA Senior Citizens League, a million-member seniors advocacy group.
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Questions To Ask Presidential Candidates
The 2008 presidential campaign has begun. Candidates are already making appearances around the country, especially in early-primary and early-caucus states. Voters should evaluate policies and promises in order to determine who are the real conservatives.
Continue reading →Cheers For An Independent Judge
The Tyranny of Tolerance was published this month with the subtitle: “A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault.”
Continue reading →We Need Compassion For Our Border Guards
President George W. Bush pardoned 16 criminals including five drug dealers at Christmastime, but so far has refused to pardon the two U.S. Border Patrol agents who were trying to defend Americans against drug smugglers.
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Who Defines American Culture?
With all the public discussion about the values voters (whether they voted in the 2006 election or stayed home), the underlying question is, what is the role of government in defining our culture?
Continue reading →Business Week Concedes Globalism Is A Problem
Economists, academicians and financial consultants for years have been preaching that globalism is the wave of the future and that anyone who wants to survive in business must ride its surfboard or drown. All of a sudden, Business Week is having second thoughts.
Continue reading →Parents Worry About Prescription Drugs, Too
Meth and marijuana aren’t the only drugs parents worry about. The problems caused by prescription combinations called “drug cocktails” have finally broken into the national news stream.
Continue reading →The Race To The Middle For 2008
Did the 2006 election teach Republicans that it is smart to be friends of the middle class? Have Republicans realized that jobs were second only to the unpopular war as the issue of 2006, and will surely be the number-one issue in 2008?
Continue reading →Conservatives Are Challenged To Reassert Themselves
Big Media are repetitiously posing the post-election question: will President Bush now work with the Democrats? The bigger question the media fail to ask is, will he work with Republicans?
Continue reading →Public Schools Define American Culture
With all the public discussion about the values voters (whether they would vote in the 2006 election or stay home), the underlying (and still unanswered) question is, what is the role of government in defining our culture?
Continue reading →Gays Who Want To Censor Free Speech
Same-sex marriage is not the only goal of the gay rights movement. It’s becoming clear that another goal is the suppression of Americans’ First Amendment right to criticize the gay agenda.
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