COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE: LETTERS OF A WWII SAILOR
Since my dad’s passing, I have carried his dog tag on my key chain. I wanted a daily reminder of my dad and his sacrificial service to our nation in…...
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Friday, September 11, 2020
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: JIMMY LAI, THE BILLIONAIRE FREEDOM FIGHTER
Hong Kong police arrested billionaire publisher Jimmy Lai on August 10, releasing him two days later. His “crime” was to express opposition to the mainland Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression…...
Monday, August 17, 2020
DR. EARL TILFORD: CONFESSIONS OF A DRAFT DODGER
Next month I turn 75. The ubiquitous “they” tell me I’m on a COVID-19 “endangered species” list. Fifty years from October, with my 25th birthday behind me, I boarded a…...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
MARK HENDRICKSON: THE PROBLEM WITH INHERITANCE TAXES
A recent opinion piece in The New York Times, “Tax the Rich and Their Heirs … more fairly,” was both reassuring and refreshing. It was reassuring to know that policy…...
Monday, August 03, 2020
DR. GARY WELTON: SUMMER 2020 COVID DATA IN PENNSYLVANIA - WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
The COVID-19 coronavirus is a novel virus, and everybody who claims they have it figured out is living under an illusion. Our knowledge is growing, but it is still very…...
Friday, July 17, 2020
DR. JOHN SPARKS: FINALLY! THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SCORE A WIN
The 181-year-old religious order, the Little Sisters of the Poor—unlikely litigants before the high court—finally got a victory. For over six years this charitable order has had to defend itself…...
Thursday, July 09, 2020
DR. JOHN SPARKS: AN IMPORTANT WIN FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: ESPINOZA V. MONTANA
Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies. Kendra Espinoza, a hard working (three jobs)…...
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
DR. CALEB BERBOIS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE MEANING OF THE 4TH OF JULY
When we think of the Fourth of July, we often think of backyard barbecues with friends, baseball, and maybe a beer or two. This year, with COVID-19, maybe we can…...
DR. JAMES THRASHER: THE CALL TO DO AND ACT JUSTLY
As I approached the county courthouse for jury duty, my unfocused mind was in many different places, including being sincerely burdened by the state of our nation. I had filled…...
Monday, June 22, 2020
DR. GARY S. SMITH: BRINGING DOWN CHURCHILL
The current worldwide protests against racial injustice and inequality spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 have prompted attacks on individuals who sold and owned…...
Friday, June 12, 2020
DR. JOSEPH HORTON: FALSE POSITIVE CONTACT TRACING
Suppose that suddenly a new disease X appears to be spreading rapidly and killing people. The symptoms of X are very similar to those of Y and Z, but X…...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
PAUL G. KENGOR: ASTRONAUTS, RIOTS, AND PANDEMICS:: 2020 VS. 1969
In July 1969, three American astronauts landed on the moon. It wasn’t just a great technical triumph. It was a much-needed respite amid social and political chaos. America…...
Monday, June 01, 2020
DR. CALEB VERBOIS: WHAT IS WRONG WITH MINNEAPOLIS?
Earlier this week during a routine arrest Minneapolis police officers knelt on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes, finally killing him. This act fits a long and too-frequent pattern of…...
Thursday, May 28, 2020
DR. GARY S. SMITH: RAVI ZACHARIAS - A TRIBUTE
The apostle Peter instructs Christians: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15).…...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
HEROINES OF MORAL COURAGE: LITTLE SISTER OF THE POOR VS. PENNSYLVANIA
This is the third time that the Institute for Faith and Freedom has carried an opinion piece on the Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP) and their Supreme Court fight.…...
Monday, May 11, 2020
DR. JAMES THRASHER: THE LIFE-CHANGING LOVE OF A MOTHER
If you would have known me growing up, your money would not have been on me to amount to much of anything. I was a self-conscious kid who was constantly…...
Thursday, May 07, 2020
PAUL G. KENGOR: WHY NOT THANK GOD? ANDREW CUOMO AND COVID-19
I recently published a piece on Andrew Cuomo and other pro-choice Democrat governors who fight for life in their states against COVID-19. This also includes Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, New Jersey’s…...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: GASOLINE PRICES IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
That is what I paid for gasoline last Thursday in Girard, Ohio. $1.13 for a gallon of regular is a price that I had thought I would never see again.…...
Thursday, March 19, 2020
RICHARD KOCUR: MEDICARE FOR ALL IS BAD MEDICINE
With Senator Bernie Sanders once again emerging as a front-runner for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Medicare for All has again come to the forefront of political debate. But what…...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
DR. GARY S. SMITH: THE CHARACTER AND CONVITIONS OF WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and in light of the scathing attacks on both Trump and potential Democratic candidates as the 2020 election approaches, the celebration…...
Friday, February 07, 2020
DR. EARL TELFORD: HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE CULTURE
Howard Mumford Jones, an English professor at the University of Michigan and later at Harvard, long ago commented that American colleges and universities echoed rather than critiqued contemporary culture. In…...
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
DR. GARY S. SMITH: THE FAITH OF TROY POLAMALU
Troy Polamalu, who played safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2003 to 2014, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He…...
Monday, January 27, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: OAC’S RAVINGS AGAINST BILLIONAIRES
“No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars.” That was the punchline of democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day public…...
Thursday, January 16, 2020
DR. EARL TEILFORD: HOW MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CHANGED HEARTS
My father was a Presbyterian minister in rural northwest Alabama from 1961 to 1965. I came of age there, then left the University of Alabama with an M.A. in history…...
Monday, January 13, 2020
DR. JOSEPH HORTON: THE METHODIST CHURCH IS COMING APART
The initial reports read to me a bit like the losers won, but the church of my upbringing is on the verge of coming apart after decades of internal turmoil.…...
Friday, January 10, 2020
BENJAMIN V. ALLISON: THE SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR AT FORTY
In the early morning hours of Christmas Day 1979, Soviet forces began invading Afghanistan. The international community was shocked by the intervention; even though Afghanistan had been unstable for some…...
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
DR. JAMES THRASHER: CAN THE SELF-DESTRUCTING ANTONIO BROWN BE SAVED?
When you think life revolves around you then destruction is waiting at your doorstep. In a recent YouTube video, NFL star Antonio Brown, known as “AB,” passionately reached out to…...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: WHAT’S WRONG WITH A TAX ON BILLIONAIRES?
Among the many radical economic plans offered by various Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have proposed an annual wealth tax on billionaires (and other “ultra-rich” Americans).…...
Thursday, December 12, 2019
DR. JAMES THRASHER: DIVISION ONE ATHLETICS: IT’S ABOUT THE MONEY
During an episode of Lebron James’ online show “The Shop,” California Governor Gavin Newsome signed into law a bill allowing California student athletes to sign endorsements while in college. The NCAA…...
Thursday, December 05, 2019
JOHN P. WARREN: ONE NATION UNDER GOD?
“I had no idea how critical religion is to the functioning of democracy.” So said a Marxist economist from China conversing with Harvard Professor, Clayton Christensen. This Chinese Communist supposed…...
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