AFCM's advertisements and brochure begin with the phrase, “The crisis in American health care is not one of quality.” If a recent New York Times article (10/19) is true, this will soon change. “In a break from three decades of Medicare policy, the Clinton...
"The Secrets of the SAT," a PBS "Frontline" special, aired a few weeks ago. For sixty minutes, with virtually no "experts" offering opposing views, the show attacked the Scholastic Aptitude Test, required by most colleges. Opponents of the SAT, or those who seek to...
Good government? Isn't that an oxymoron? Many today believe so. Who can blame them? Our political system has increasingly become a chaotic jungle driven by competing pressure groups ("special interests") seeking special "favours" and handouts from government....
The difference between advertising and personal salesmanship lies largely in personal contact. The salesman is there to demand attention. He cannot be ignored. The advertisement can be ignored. But the salesman wastes much of his time on prospects whom he can never...
Congress is once again addressing the issue of campaign finance reform -- and no wonder. The American public has become increasingly disgusted by the unprincipled manner in which our legislative process is conducted. The process, in essence, consists of swarms of...
The following is a letter sent by writer Scott Holleran of Glendale, California to the New York Times. Your Oct. 7, 1999 editorial, "The Fight for Patients' Rights," is insulting to the reader's intelligence. By claiming that House Republicans' attempts to expand...
Much fuss has been made recently about George W. Bush's alleged drug usage. Apparently fearful of a scandal, Governor Bush has dodged the issue -- with disturbingly Presidential style -- creating a bigger scandal. Whether he has used drugs or not, he would have done...
"So many racists, so little time." Black Time magazine editor Jack E. White fired that shot at David Horowitz, the "conservative" head of an organization called The Center for the Study of Popular Culture. And get a load of White's headline: "A Real, Live Bigot."...
California Just Reported a 29 percent drop-off in cigarette sales. Good news, say supporters of Proposition 10, the voter-approved initiative that places a 50-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes. Actor-director Rob Reiner, who spearheaded the initiative, barely contained...
The principal focus of climate science is certainly atmospheric science and meteorology, but the subject is so complex that it involves many other areas of the earth sciences, as well as different disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, and even biology. This...
The real test of an advertising man is in selling goods by mail. But that is a school from which he must graduate before he can hope for success. There cost and result are immediately apparent. False theories melt away like snowflakes in the sun. The advertising is...
Most of us assume that selfishness is both wrong and unhealthy. But is this true? Selfishness means acting in one's rational self-interest. Contrary to popular opinion, all healthy individuals are selfish. Choosing to pursue the career of your choice is selfish....
Many people have tried to explain the confessed killer's actions after last week's shooting in Los Angeles. Most of these explanations are glaringly inadequate, but even the best of them fail to identify the deeper philosophy behind this vicious crime, largely because...
Warning: Over certain issues, otherwise intelligent people may, repeat, may suffer instantaneous, and often irreversible, brain-freeze. Take the minimum wage. The City Council in Santa Monica, Calif., a town also known as "Moscow on the Pacific," just voted...
Joseph Kellard for Capitalism Magazine: What is your assessment of President Clinton's foreign policy in the Balkans? Tracinski: Well, to start with, I think his so-called victory in the recent Kosovo conflict is really an unmitigated disaster. First, we ended up...
At PETA's fundraising event in Hollywood on September 18, Paul McCartney presented a special award in honor of his late wife, Linda. He should hang his head in shame for supporting the animal rights movement.Is McCartney so ignorant as not to know the facts behind...
Does a bad-mouthed cop, by definition, exercise bad judgment? Last December 1998, in Riverside, California, a 19-year-old black woman, Tyisha Miller, sat in an apparent coma with a gun on her lap, in a locked car with the motor running. Her companions called 911, and...
Over two years have passed since that fatal car crash in a Paris tunnel, and the fundamental question still burns: Who is morally responsible for the tragic and senseless death of princess Diana? Although the investigation report from the French magistrate has yet to...
"You have to answer the question. It won't go away." -- Reverend Jesse Jackson The subject? George W. Bush. The "question (that) won't go away"? Bush's alleged cocaine use. Meet Reverend Jesse "Zero-Tolerance" Jackson, born-again Drug Czar. Jackson feels that Bush...
As the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival approaches, we will once again be told that Woodstock was about peace and love, about benevolence for one's fellow man and freedom from arbitrary social restrictions. This is the line that has been drummed...
Fifty percent of whites find segregation OK, as do 40 percent of blacks. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) commissioned a poll that uncovered these "shocking" results. Predictably, the mainstream media led the parade. Of the top 50...
Self-defense works. Laws don't matter if authorities don't do their jobs. These are the two most profound lessons learned from the recent shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, a shooting that resulted in five wounded. The alleged gunman,...
Remember intelligent people you address are selfish, as we all are (or at least should be). They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves. Ignoring this fact is a common mistake and a costly mistake in advertising. Ads say in...
Ronald Reagan gets less respect than Rodney Dangerfield. On July 22, 1999, the Associated Press published a story: "Letters Shed Light on Reagan's Life." Lorraine Wagner, a Philadelphia woman, maintained a 50-year- long correspondence with Ronald Reagan. As a...
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