DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: THE ECONOMICS OF THE STATE OF THE UNION
The news from Egypt has thrust President Obama’s State of the Union off the front pages. While that news is critical, so is further analysis of the State of the…...
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DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: THE NEW-OLD BARACK OBAMA
The 2012 presidential campaign has begun. Not being a political junkie, it gives me no pleasure to report this phenomenon. And no further proof of this assertion is needed than…...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
DR. MICHAEL COULTER: STATE OF THE UNION: THE BEST RESPONSE IS NOT A FORMAL RESPONSE
Last night, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin delivered the official “Republican Response” to the State of the Union (SOTU). I wish there were no official response, and that’s not…...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
DR. PAUL KENGOR: REMEMBERING ROE: A FORGOTTEN WARNING FROM RONALD REAGAN
Given the somber anniversary of Roe v. Wade—source of 40 million abortions since 1973—I thought I’d share an excellent but forgotten speech by President Ronald Reagan. The speechwriter was Peter…...
Friday, January 21, 2011
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: HU’S IN TOWN, TIME TO TALK ‘MONEY’
China’s President Hu Jintao is visiting the United States this week. This means we can count on two things: 1) a proliferation of Hu/who jokes (think: Abbott and Costello, “Who’s…...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
DR. PAUL KENGOR: CHANGING THE MOOD: TWO INAUGURALS—JFK AND REAGAN
This January 20 marks the anniversary of two unforgettable inaugural addresses from two beloved presidents, Democrat and Republican: John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. For Kennedy’s speech, this is the…...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: ON READING ALOUD IN CONGRESS
Opening the 112th Congress by having a succession of representatives read the Constitution aloud on the floor of the House was a worthwhile exercise, despite heated criticism to the contrary.…...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
DOUG BANDOW: LOST RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AROUND THE WORLD
Americans take religious liberty for granted. Unfortunately, this most fundamental freedom is not protected in many countries around the world. Religious liberty is the proverbial canary in the mine.…...
Monday, January 10, 2011
DR. PAUL KENGOR: DEATH OF THE PRO-LIFE DEMOCRAT?
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared in American Spectator. With the swearing in of the 112th Congress, an already endangered species is nearing extinction in…...
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: STOP THE FISCAL INSANITY
As we enter the New Year, the financial landscape is littered with essentially bankrupt governments. Governments at every level are in dire financial straits. During the last decade’s governmental spending…...
Friday, December 31, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE WILSON YOU NEVER KNEW
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in USA Today. On the heels of a recent Sunday magazine profile of Glenn Beck, The New York Times published a roundtable…...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: THE TEA PARTY’S UPHILL CHALLENGE
The Tea Party movement and its millions of supporters have high hopes that the recent elections will rein in runaway government. While I endorse this objective, accomplishing it will be…...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: CHRISTMAS AT KATYN
The people of Poland got an early Christmas present this year. It’s bittersweet but long awaited, and indeed a gift of sorts—and from an unlikely source: Russia. In Moscow, the…...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
DR. JOHN A. SPARKS: THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR OBAMACARE?
One of the key provisions of the Obama administration’s healthcare law has been struck down as unconstitutional by Federal District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson. The decision is the culmination…...
Friday, December 17, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE ACLU’S NOT-SO-HOLY TRINITY
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared in American Spectator. The ACLU seems unusually active right now. Maybe it’s the Christmas season, which seems to make…...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE ACLU’S NOT-SO-HOLY TRINITY
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in today’s American Spectator. The ACLU seems unusually active right now. What gives? Maybe it's the Christmas season, which always…...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
DR. R.B.A. DI MUCCIO: HOW JIMMY CARTER AND I WERE WRONG ON NORTH KOREA—AND HOW CARTER IS STILL WRO
It is not often that I am struck speechless by any individual act of political commentary. Yet, former President Jimmy Carter accomplished just that through a recent editorial in the…...
Friday, December 10, 2010
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: HONORING BILL OF RIGHTS DAY—AND RESPONSIBILITY
December 15 is Bill of Rights Day. This year is the 219th anniversary of the adoption of the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution—the Bill of Rights. …...
Thursday, December 09, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: BARACK ‘CLINTON’ OBAMA?
“Obama Announces ‘Framework’ for Deal With Congress to Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts.” That was the lead headline at this morning’s FoxNews website. It’s an eye-grabber, for sure. The article…...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: DUPED ON NORTH KOREA
North Korea is not an easy issue. I’ve dealt with it since the early 1990s, beginning at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. I had few answers then, and…...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: DECISION POINT: GEORGE W. BUSH’S PRO-LIFE PATH
George W. Bush is an interesting man with a complicated presidency that most Americans—going into Bush’s final year of office—deemed a failure. At one point, Bush had the worst approval/disapproval…...
Monday, November 22, 2010
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: DEAD MAN WALKING - DEALING WITH DEFLATION
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in American Thinker. To Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, deflation is regarded as Public Enemy Number One. In the words…...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: Q&A - ON ‘DUPES’ AND THE RELIGIOUS LEFT (PART 5)
Editor’s Note: The "V&V Q&A" is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. This is the final installment in a series of weekly interviews…...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: ‘I PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE HERE’—A CONVERSATION WITH SERGEANT STYKA
I recently sat down with Emil Styka of Boardman, Ohio. A friend of Emil’s, Jo Ann Bryan, had emailed in response to an article I wrote on a remarkable World…...
FRED A. KINGERY: WHAT’S NEXT? BUCKLE UP
The Republican Party, with the help of the Tea Party, swept the House of Representatives with a massive pickup of at least 60 seats. The Federal Reserve made another historic…...
Friday, November 05, 2010
MARK W. HENDRICKSON: TOUGH TIMES AHEAD: GRIDLOCK AND QUANTITATIVE EASING ARE NOT ENOUGH
Now that the elections are over, attention is turning to the economy. The stock market rose steadily from the end of August up to the elections. Since the stock…...
Thursday, November 04, 2010
DR. PAUL KENGOR: ON “DUPES” AND THE RELIGIOUS LEFT (PART 4)
Editor’s Note:The "V&V Q&A" is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. This is the fourth of five installments in a series of weekly…...
Monday, November 01, 2010
DR. R.B.A. DI MUCCIO: WILL THE REAL REALISTS PLEASE STAND UP?
Barack Obama’s supporters have been trying to create a narrative around his foreign-policy doctrine for several years now, even before he was president. The goal has been simple: to preempt…...
Friday, October 29, 2010
MARK W. HENDRICKSON: DANGEROUS ELECTION-YEAR DEMAGOGUERY ON TRADE
As is customary in the days leading up to an election, the campaign rhetoric is getting heated. Here in western Pennsylvania, Democrats have gained points in the polls by adopting…...
Friday, October 22, 2010
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: FINANCIAL SYSTEM MORTGAGE BREAKDOWN
You’ve probably seen the headlines about major banks suspending foreclosure proceedings to reclaim houses from borrowers who have defaulted on their mortgages. This has the potential to be hugely disruptive—a…...
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