Humans vs. Fish at Klamath Falls
On July 12, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) offered Amendment 899 to release the river water to the farmers. That should have been a no-brainer — what could be easier than choosing between desperate farmers and a couple of ugly fish?
Continue reading →Let's Encourage, Not Discourage, Allegiance
Back in the olden days of the Cold War, a favorite sport of the liberals was to accuse conservatives of seeing imaginary spies and traitors under the bed. Who could have predicted that a real spy named Robert Hanssen and a traitor named Marc Rich would be dominating big- media headlines in 2001?
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The Way We Elect Our Presidents
Hillary Clinton’s first legislative proposal since her election as Senator was to call for the abolition of the Electoral College. It’s no surprise that she will use her celebrity status to advance a series of bad ideas, and this is one of the worst.
Continue reading →Don't Knock The Electoral College
Senator Hillary Clinton’s first legislative proposal since her election was to call for the abolition of the Electoral College.
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United Nations Millennium Summit
Even before the United Nations Millennium Summit begins on Wednesday (tomorrow), the conclusions are already drawn. The consensus process used at their meetings assures the outcomes of every UN meeting. Let me explain how it works.
Continue reading →The Future Meets The Past In The Napster Case
The current flashpoint of controversy about the internet is a case now in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (RIAA v. Napster) where the five giant music companies are fighting a website called Napster for facilitating online music.
Continue reading →Are We Becoming a Society of Snoops?
Concerns have faded about a Y2K breakdown of government computers, but Americans should be worried about how computer efficiency gives the federal government extraordinary powers to monitor the daily activities of law-abiding Americans.
Continue reading →Power Grab Through Executive Orders
Not only does President Clinton not feel any shame about his impeachment (as he told Dan Rather), Clinton now feels stronger than ever, able to override the U.S. Constitution and ignore Congress.
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Does Sovereignty Matter?
Bill Clinton’s threats to enter the Kosovo conflict are a direct attack on national sovereignty, our own as well as Yugoslavia’s. The foreign policy gurus of the Clinton Administration don’t believe in the concept of sovereignty and are trying to replace it, piece by piece, with their global utopian vision.
Continue reading →Eagle Forum’s Wish List for the 106th Congress
Cut taxes across-the-board to put money in the pockets of all taxpayers. Cut rates — the proven way to keep the economy moving. Americans are overtaxed.
Continue reading →Liberty vs. Totalitarianism, Clinton-Style
Two of the principal mechanisms by which the rulers of 20th century police states maintained their control over their people were the file and the internal passport.
Continue reading →Whose Heritage and Whose Land?
Last week in Philadelphia I stopped by to revisit Independence Hall, the cradle of our republic where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States Constitution was written.
Continue reading →Protect Our Constitutional Patent Rights!
One of our most important constitutional rights is the right of inventors to have, for limited times, “the exclusive right to their . . . discoveries.”
Continue reading →It’s Time to Hold Federal Judges Accountable
Senator Orrin Hatch has taken exception to the New York Times’ criticism of his record as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he wrote a letter to the editor to object. The Times had complained that Republican Senators have “politicized” the judicial confirmation process by not confirming enough of Clinton’s judicial nominees.
Continue reading →Congress Must Curb the Imperial Judiciary
The most important duty of the 105th Congress is to protect America from judicial usurpation and restore our constitutional balance of powers among the three branches of our government.
Continue reading →Deceptive and Mischievous Term Limits Campaign
“Deceptive and mischievous” is the way the Denver Post characterized a Term Limits initiative that will be on the Colorado ballot on November 5.
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