Despite distractions, the House has just done something really constructive, and we hope the Senate will follow suit before adjournment. The House passed Rep. Joe Pitts' (R-PA) Dollars to the Classroom Act consolidating 31 federal education programs … [Read more...] about House Passes Dollars to the Classroom Act
Republicans Need to Assert Real Leadership
Mark McGwire's tremendous accomplishment has put baseball back on top as the great American game. Wouldn't it be great if the Republican Congress stepped up to the bat and hit a few home runs? Those who call themselves the Republican "leadership" … [Read more...] about Republicans Need to Assert Real Leadership
The Problems of “Rethinking” the Internet
When asked by reporters whether she favors curbs on the Internet, which has played a key role in breaking the news about the President's scandals, Hillary Rodham Clinton ominously replied: "We are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, … [Read more...] about The Problems of “Rethinking” the Internet
Congress’s Secret Plans to Get Our Medical Records
Americans were outraged to learn about the Federal Government's plans to assign a personal identification number to every medical patient. But Congress nevertheless passed H.R. 4250, the so-called Patient Protection Act, which allows anyone who … [Read more...] about Congress’s Secret Plans to Get Our Medical Records
Teachers Unions Stay the Course
The good news is, we were saved from the threat of a mega-union running the public schools when delegates to the National Education Association (NEA) convention this summer repudiated their own leadership by voting down a merger with the American … [Read more...] about Teachers Unions Stay the Course
Feds Grab for Medical Records
One of the major features of Bill and Hillary Clinton's nationalized health care plan, which the public rejected in 1994, was giving the Federal Government a database of every American's medical records. Each person was to have a Health Security Card … [Read more...] about Feds Grab for Medical Records
Monitoring Americans by I.D. and Federal Database
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. These governments kept a cumulative file (called the dangan in Communist China) on … [Read more...] about Monitoring Americans by I.D. and Federal Database
Calling Activist Judges to the Bar of Public Opinion
Since the Republican Congress has defaulted in its responsibility to use constitutional checks and balances to rein in the imperial judiciary, the Family Research Council sponsored an event at the National Press Club called the Court Jester Awards. … [Read more...] about Calling Activist Judges to the Bar of Public Opinion
Why Is Congress Criminalizing Copyright Law?
A new plan to straitjacket the American public by criminalizing a common American practice is hidden in the WIPO Copyright Treaties Implementation Act. Powerful Hollywood and software corporations that are afraid of losing money from high-tech … [Read more...] about Why Is Congress Criminalizing Copyright Law?
Celebrating the Massacre of Tiananmen Square
President Bill Clinton's projected trip to China later this month, and to Tiananmen Square on the ninth anniversary of the massacre of the students there, will be a national embarrassment. Clinton's trip will pay homage to the Butchers of Beijing who … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Massacre of Tiananmen Square
