William Neikirk

One does not have to be a despised member of America's ruling class, a greedy 1980s takeover bandit or a filthy rich industrialist to take a harder, more skeptical look...

As predicted during the campaign, President Perot's economic plan will run up against those jackals of special interest in Congress. If you let 'em go about their business, they'd pick...

Now that the Clinton administration is history, the nation trembles over how the country is going to be governed. The pundits who have so perceptively pronounced the demise of the...

What do you do if your advisers grimly stare across the table and tell you what you about to do could well cause your defeat in the next election? "Mr....

Choice. A simple word, with powerful meaning. People have appropriated it for ages. A choice, not an echo. Parental choice. Lifestyle choice. Hobson's choice. You pays your money and you...

As Bill Clinton assumes the presidency, he would do well to heed that famous admonition from baseball's Leo Durocher: Nice guys finish last. A nicer man on the planet might...

Now we hear suddenly that Bill Clinton is shocked at the size of the federal budget deficit and is intent on tackling it with a vigor not revealed in his...

The idea of 500 television channels challenges even veteran couch potatoes. Channel grazing, the hot new indoor sport testing how short attention spans can get, has honed the skills of...

Richard the Third has always been a favorite Shakespearean character of mine. Unlike Hamlet, he never hesitated to kill or use raw power to achieve his ends. He was, one...

Holidays are said to be a time of great awe and wonder. That`s true. I wonder about many things now that the winter solstice has come and the days are...