We are a thirsty country. The United States is exhausting its freshwater resources faster than they are replenished. Yet in the face of impending water shortages, we continue to rely on an outdated government regulations to manage our water supply.
When presidential contender Al Gore says we must "honor our commitment to the future" and "guarantee Social Security is there when you retire," it appears he is just talking to baby boomers and not Generation Xers and younger Americans. For younger workers, Gore's reform plans just don't deliver.
When the public schools, which now control 92 percent of all money spent on elementary and secondary education, know that parents have a choice of schools for their children, they will have to rely on more than duress to fill their buildings.
Presidential hopefuls Al Gore and George W. Bush both recognize that Social Security is in trouble, and both have developed extensive plans for dealing with the program's projected financial shortfall. But not all Social Security reform plans are created equal.
A few political scientists recently announced that according to their equations, the election is mute. Their prediction; Gore will win and it won't even be close.
Wake up young workers of America! Our future is being mortgaged to grease the gears of government.
While Social Security is by far the most popular government program, it's in serious financial trouble.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, believes that what is needed is a gradual move away from pay-as-you-go financing of Social Security, and toward letting each worker at least partially fund his or her own future retirement instead.
Consequences play a crucial role in deterring crime.
Vice President Gore, the Democrat's presumptive presidential nominee unveiled his most recent attack on crime: guns should be banned from churches.
In communities all across this country, teachers are assaulted in their classrooms and in hallways by students and parents alike.
Regardless of party identification, gender or race, in poll after poll, education consistently registers among voters' top concerns.
Many people now mistakenly think that OSHA rules do not cover telecommuters, yet the 1970 OSH Act makes employers responsible for making sure that workers have safe and healthy workplaces. But it does not define what a workplace is. Thus, the OSH Act appears to cover anyone who works from home and is exposed to well-known hazards.
Demagoguery on issues dear to our hearts has become the political norm. This year is different however. Not for the absence of such talk, but for who is employing it and against whom.
Whether you choose to worship Allah or Buddha or prefer to deny the existence of a supreme being, you cannot deny the spiritual foundations of our people.
Not rain, nor sleet, nor snow nor hail will keep this messenger from his appointed rounds. E-mail? Well that's another story.
Senator Kennedy and his liberal allies are at it again. Just about every Congress, as the election season approaches, Democrats like Kennedy and House Minority Whip David Bonior shout from the mountain tops that we need to raise the minimum wage, regardless of how high it is or when we raised it last.
While the politicians in Washington continue to bicker about the surplus, one small town in Texas has met the challenge head-on. The result is a shining example of the ingenuity that can occur in government at the local level.
Pop quiz. When did freedom of speech finally become a protected right for all Americans?" Answer: July 28, 1999.
In the early 1900s, governments all over Europe began to believe that they had a responsibility to redistribute wealth from one citizen to another. They became collectivist Robin Hoods with a government ID badge and an iron hand.
Now that Congress has finalized its tax cut package, the focus of debate has shifted from competing tax packages on the Hill to the differences between Congress and the White House.
Everyone in both our families seems to be happy with this union. That is everyone except our Uncle Sam. Instead of attending the event and showering us with a gift from a local department store registry or even sending us a card of congratulations and best wishes, he has decided to punish us. Sam must think that we are making a huge mistake because he has decided to pick our pockets just for tying the knot.
It's been said politics in the '90s is like cotton candy. A lot of spin, a little bit of sugar and if you eat too much you get sick. This is not true, however, when it comes to the politics of Social Security reform. It's a sugar-free zone.
Evil is an all-too common, everyday fact of life. Whether it be a terrorist who car bombs a government building, a local drug pusher who targets our children, or a thug on the streets of our nation's capitol, evil is played out in the actions of our fellow man. No one is immune from its reach.
Can you hear them? The groans rising up from all over Washington, D.C., especially from liberals and the media?