Elian Gonzalez’s Life is His Own; Make Him a U.S. Citizen
Elian Gonzalez’s story continues to unfold like an opera: The daring escape from Cuba, the treacherous sea storm, and his mother’s heroic struggle to fasten the 6-year-old to an inner tube before she drowned. As a brutal snowstorm brought the congressional...Tinseltown Crowns a ‘Hero’
“A local hero.” That’s how a spokesperson for Los Angeles police described the “heroics” of Willie Fulgear. Who is Willie Fulgear? Shortly before the recent Academy Awards ceremony, Roadway Express shipped 55 gold-plated Oscar statuettes....Hasta La Vista, Anthony Burns
Anthony Burns lives again today in Florida, in the person of Elián Gonzalez, the six-year-old whose mother fled with him from Cuba last November in an attempt (during which she tragically died) to gain liberty.
Alan Keyes Should Know Better: National Service is the Hallmark of a Dictatorship
Alan Keyes [a candidate for the Republican nomination for president] is correct in stating, in his March 4 op-ed, that “national service is an obligation of citizenship” — in a totalitarian dictatorship. All life in a dictatorship belongs to the...A Useless Law
TODAY, CONGRESS APPROVED the $300 billion Universal Support Enablement Law for Evaders of Suitable Skills, known as the USELESS bill. USELESS supporters call the measure’s passage a statement to people with no work skills, bad attitudes, poor personal hygiene,...A Moral Approach To Solving The “Social Security” Problem
Fixing the problems of a mixed economy requires “unmixed,” radical, fundamental solutions. After so many decades of government interference in the economy and our lives, those solutions must necessarily be gradual to allow individuals to restore what has...Stress Busting: Principles of Stress-Management, Part 2
In my last I covered seven principles of Stress Management. Here are seven more:8. Process your feelings, and introspect, regularly. When you encounter a dilemma or issue, discuss it with a close friend, a professional counselor, or yourself (e.g., in the form of a...The Disfigurement of the American City, Part 1
Cities in Canada and western Europe-at least all the ones that I’ve seen-are charming and convenient. In contrast, American cities seem awkward.
