The Center for Vision & Values
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on December 26, 2017 at 10:33 am
On November 21, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans to revisit its Obama-era internet regulations. It seems likely that the resulting vote will repeal the policies often referred to as…...
Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Center for Vision & Values
on December 21, 2017 at 09:53 am
Unions have been on the decline since 1954—which was their high point in membership as a percentage of the workforce. Today, unions represent a paltry 6.4 % of private sector…...
Monday, December 18, 2017
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Center for Vision & Values
on December 18, 2017 at 11:36 am
While the Republican Congress remains paralyzed over how to repeal and replace Obamacare, recent activity among two of the healthcare industry’s largest players could signal a new approach to delivering…...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
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Center for Vision & Values
on December 13, 2017 at 06:29 am
Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. This past week marked the anniversary of the death of Fidel Castro, our hemisphere’s worst dictator…...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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Center for Vision & Values
on November 28, 2017 at 09:14 am
The celebration of United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day on November 20 should prompt us to consider the plight of the world’s children and commit ourselves to working to give them…...
Friday, November 03, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on November 3, 2017 at 07:15 am
A core tenant of the pledge taken by all physicians is their promise first and foremost to do no harm. A physician’s vow to care for patients in a manner…...
Friday, October 27, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 27, 2017 at 12:17 pm
Who would have guessed that the religious liberty and free-speech rights of Americans would be tested in a dispute over the baking of a wedding cake? A case will be…...
Monday, October 16, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 16, 2017 at 10:41 am
The Nashville Statement is a recent document addressing contemporary issues of sexuality and affirming traditional Christian views. It has been signed by a significant number of Christian leaders. Unfortunately, as…...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 10, 2017 at 10:44 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. I recently wrote about a shocking piece in the New York Times peddling a line we literally…...
Monday, September 25, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on September 25, 2017 at 06:11 am
I recently had the privilege of sharing two meals with Marlon “Big Dog” Brown and hearing him tell his life story and describe his work in Memphis, Tennessee. At 6…...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on September 12, 2017 at 10:33 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. It was 40 years ago, August 31, 1977, that George Schuyler died. He has been largely forgotten,…...
Thursday, August 24, 2017
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Center for Vision & Values
on August 24, 2017 at 09:18 am
In late July, Charlie Gard, the baby stricken with the rare and typically fatal genetic disorder known as Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome, died. Charlie was at the center of a…...
Monday, August 14, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on August 14, 2017 at 10:29 am
The public square is a hostile environment of competing identity politics. However, not all identities are treated equally. Those adhering to Christian orthodoxy do not enjoy the same respect, dignity,…...
Thursday, August 10, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on August 10, 2017 at 10:04 am
For the baby-boomer generation (or at least the counterculture segment within it) the summer of 1967 became known as The Summer of Love. Actually, most of us boomers never experienced…...
Monday, August 07, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on August 7, 2017 at 09:09 am
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Stream.org. Cardinal Karol Wojtyła arrived in the United States for a six-week visit in the summer of 1976. The Polish cardinal came to…...
Thursday, August 03, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on August 3, 2017 at 09:21 am
In a tale of questionable historical validity, the British colonial government in early 20th century India found itself confronting a fearsome pest: cobras. Though natives had long since adjusted to…...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on August 2, 2017 at 06:51 am
While Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey have been making national headlines for their respective budget fiascos, Pennsylvania has been under the radar with its own problems. The legislature has passed…...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 26, 2017 at 10:58 am
It’s every parent’s nightmare. Your child is suffering and you are powerless to do anything about it. In most cases you would exhaust all treatment options, consult leading specialists, and…...
Monday, July 24, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 24, 2017 at 11:30 am
Adolescence was tough on me. I was a total geek, in an era before that was cool. I was a social misfit, totally uncomfortable in my high school setting. I…...
Saturday, July 22, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 22, 2017 at 07:56 am
Many years ago, I overheard a coworker reflecting on parenting. She had 13 children—an astonishing 10 of them adopted. She said that the parent-child relationship was “everything.” She said that…...
Monday, July 17, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 17, 2017 at 10:22 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. Before I write this defense of Donald Trump in Poland, let me remind readers—from the right and…...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 12, 2017 at 06:56 am
The story of Charlie Gard is sparking outrage throughout the world. As the Wall Street Journal put it, the doctors who are caring for 11-month-old Charlie Gard “have won judges’…...
Monday, July 10, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 10, 2017 at 07:47 am
Trinity Lutheran Church is a church in Columbia, Missouri that operates a Christian preschool and daycare center offering students a playground for recess and exercise during the school day. It…...
Monday, July 03, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 3, 2017 at 07:40 am
It’s time to watch fireworks displays, sing patriotic songs, and ruminate about our country’s rich heritage and history. It’s time to celebrate America’s national birthday. As we do so, we…...
Thursday, June 22, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on June 22, 2017 at 08:38 am
George H. W. Bush recently celebrated his 93rd birthday. In four and half months, he is on course to surpass Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford as the former president who…...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on June 20, 2017 at 10:35 am
May was a poignant month for those of us who were avid Detroit sports fans in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. Three of our heroes passed on within two…...
Monday, June 19, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on June 19, 2017 at 08:41 am
Senators Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy claimed that newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was not in the “legal mainstream.” They were referring to the “living Constitution” approach to…...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on June 14, 2017 at 08:54 am
President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia and then to Israel as part of his first foreign trip is as historically significant as President Richard Nixon’s February 1972 visit to…...
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on June 7, 2017 at 06:48 am
Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement speech at Harvard made a big splash. It was a warm-hearted, encouraging, interesting address, enriched by some endearing personal vignettes. It was also…...
Monday, June 05, 2017
By
Center for Vision & Values
on June 5, 2017 at 10:39 am
Well, your college career has come to an end. You have walked the aisle, received your diploma, hung up the cap and gown, but have no job. You have cleared…...
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