Some months ago, Common Cause came out with a report on political campaigns which concluded that the two parties which compete in every Congressional election are not, contrary to what most people think, the Republican and the Democratic parties, but … [Read more...] about CAMPAIGN FINANCING
KUDIRKA’S MOTHER
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow recently issued an American passport to the 67-year old widowed mother of Simas Kudirka— that Lithuanian sailor who leaped from a Soviet fishing vessel off Massachusetts in 1970 onto a U.S. Coast Guard ship. Kudirka's … [Read more...] about KUDIRKA’S MOTHER
THE WILLY BRANDT CASE
The big news in Europe is that former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt has been very closely associated with two Communist spies. His top aide, Gunter Guillaume, has been a Communist spy since 1956, and has been so close to Willy Brandt that the … [Read more...] about THE WILLY BRANDT CASE
THE PSRO ACT
The secret activities of the "plumbers" in breaking into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist have been almost universally condemned. But if the "plumbers" had delayed their raid until 1974, it would have been legal under a new law which took … [Read more...] about THE PSRO ACT
MORAL EDUCATION NEEDED
The United States spends more per student on education than any other nation. Our magnificent education facilities, school buildings, gymnasiums, laboratories, college campuses, endowments and scholarships are the envy of the world. Yet, something is … [Read more...] about MORAL EDUCATION NEEDED
POLICY TOWARD CASTRO
For the past several weeks, the Spanish-language press in the United States has been buzzing with speculation and comment about a murder near Miami which, strangely, has gone almost unnoticed by the regular news media. On the Thursday before Easter, … [Read more...] about POLICY TOWARD CASTRO
THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Vice President Gerald Ford recently endorsed high interest rates at a bankers' meeting at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia. He said that the fight against inflation "requires a restrictive monetary policy that means, among other things, the discipline … [Read more...] about THE FEDERAL RESERVE
How ERA Will Hurt Divorced Women — May 1974
Are Schools and Colleges Worth Their Cost? — May 1974
A NUCLEAR NAVY
A famous story about Napoleon relates that, after he had conquered the European Continent, a young American inventor named Robert Fulton obtained an interview with him. Fulton spread out his designs and models for his steamboat, and described how his … [Read more...] about A NUCLEAR NAVY
