The Center for Vision & Values
Friday, July 14, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on July 14, 2023 at 07:16 am
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Crisis Magazine. “More children, less pets” was the catchy takeaway in worldwide coverage of Pope Francis’ joining Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on stage…...
Thursday, July 06, 2023
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Center for Vision & Values
on July 6, 2023 at 08:30 am
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. In its last three terms, the Supreme Court has received a great deal of public attention — both positive…...
Monday, June 05, 2023
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 5, 2023 at 06:39 am
These are alarming numbers: In its recent State of the Global Workplace 2022 report, Gallup concluded that only 21% of workers are engaged and invested in their work. Over 70%…...
Friday, May 12, 2023
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Center for Vision & Values
on May 12, 2023 at 08:34 am
Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world’s largest beer company with over 400 global brands. Among these brands is one of America’s leading light beers, Bud Light, known for its sophomoric, fun,…...
Monday, May 01, 2023
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Center for Vision & Values
on May 1, 2023 at 06:49 am
Anne and Paul Ehrlich’s prediction in the late 1960s of the global overpopulation bomb has certainly fizzled out like a lot of doomsday predictions of the last few decades. Yet,…...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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Center for Vision & Values
on April 25, 2023 at 07:37 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. “I feel only sympathy for the Russians. No people have suffered as much death.” That was…...
Monday, April 24, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on April 24, 2023 at 08:23 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Crisis Magazine. “This is not communism. It is pure Christianity.” Yes, even Pope Francis, a man often accused of…...
Monday, April 17, 2023
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Center for Vision & Values
on April 17, 2023 at 06:53 am
Today, April 15, is Jackie Robinson Day. This annual commemoration by Major League Baseball of its first black player, the man who broke the “color barrier,” began on April 15,…...
Thursday, April 13, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on April 13, 2023 at 08:30 am
In January 2019, Gerald Groff left the Holtwood Post Office in the small rural community of Holtwood, Pennsylvania, located in Lancaster County. When he left, he figured it was likely…...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on April 11, 2023 at 08:36 am
That America’s social fabric is frayed hardly needs further documentation. Likewise, that the historic strength of the American family has dramatically waned is obvious to all who care to look.…...
Thursday, April 06, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on April 6, 2023 at 07:36 am
In case you hadn’t noticed, America is a bit of a mess right now. The country is as polarized as it has been for a long, long time. In most…...
Friday, March 31, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on March 31, 2023 at 08:11 am
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. On Thursday, February 23, the two-week-long, nonstop religious revival at tiny Asbury University in rural Wilmore, Kentucky saw its…...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on March 29, 2023 at 07:50 am
Many share the sense that our republic slowly slips away like grains of sand through fingers. The voters have supposedly permitted a few powerful politicians with utopian visions to direct…...
By
Center for Vision & Values
on March 29, 2023 at 07:48 am
Moral hazard occurs when an agreement people make to act in concert for their mutual benefit results in an incentive for one of them to act immorally. The classic case…...
Friday, March 17, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on March 17, 2023 at 07:31 am
Last week, I spoke with a lifelong friend. He has lived in western Canada for almost 50 years, and he was in Phoenix staying at the home of another lifelong…...
Friday, March 10, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on March 10, 2023 at 08:41 am
Did you celebrate the “International Day of Family Remittances” this year? Probably not. If you’re like most Americans, the word “remittance” is foreign to you. However, to families in countries…...
Monday, February 27, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 27, 2023 at 09:25 am
“Economics,” wrote Henry Hazlitt, “is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man.” True. No epoch is immune to the scourge of economic illiteracy. Yet,…...
Monday, February 20, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 20, 2023 at 08:29 am
Grove City College’s historic commitment to freedom is purposely conveyed to each generation of students through our unique core curriculum. We believe that a populace well versed in the classical…...
Monday, February 13, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 13, 2023 at 08:42 am
To celebrate Black History Month this February, we could highlight the significant contributions of dozens of African American physicians, lawyers, scientists, intellectuals, and entertainers who have attacked racial discrimination, substantially…...
Friday, February 10, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 10, 2023 at 09:47 am
To show partiality in judgment is not good. Proverbs 24:23 There is nothing more dangerous to authoritarianism than a principle applied impartially. Authoritarianism thrives on group bias. Thus,…...
Monday, January 23, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on January 23, 2023 at 10:24 am
For the past couple of years, I have been working with the faculty at Grove City College to assess and review the core curriculum. While the culture at large, and…...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on January 11, 2023 at 10:35 am
My new Human Resources/Medicare employment identity is “Working Aged.” Ok, sure, I get it—as in elderly, feeble, decrepit, ancient, debilitated, worn out and shot. Yes, I am 64 and approaching…...
Monday, January 09, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on January 9, 2023 at 09:22 am
Freedom inherently involves risks. If you want your children to roam free at the local playground, they might injure themselves on the big slide. If you want the freedom to…...
Thursday, January 05, 2023
By
Center for Vision & Values
on January 5, 2023 at 10:26 am
Once again this Christmas season, countless Americans sat down to watch Frank Capra’s Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, starring the great Jimmy Stewart. I’ve seen the movie plenty of times.…...
Monday, November 21, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on November 21, 2022 at 09:19 am
All the turkey-time trappings of the Thanksgiving holiday tend to numb our sincere reflection. But this is a perfect time to consider whether we are thanks-giving or ungrateful people. Being…...
Tuesday, November 08, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on November 8, 2022 at 08:16 am
Should the race of a minority student who is applying to a college or university give him or her a decided preference over other applicants? This is the question that…...
Monday, October 24, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 24, 2022 at 08:53 am
Fifty years ago today, one of the greatest icons in American sports history died. Jackie Robinson, a phenomenal athlete who lettered in four sports at UCLA, was only 53. After…...
Friday, October 21, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 21, 2022 at 07:50 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at National Catholic Register. It is ironic and scary that 60 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis that brought…...
Thursday, October 20, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 20, 2022 at 06:57 am
The October term of the U.S. Supreme Court has begun. The previous term yielded some “blockbuster” decisions, and the new term seems likely to produce more of the same. One…...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on October 18, 2022 at 07:22 am
With the stock market down nearly 20% year-to-date in 2022, investors are paying close attention to the financial performance of their portfolios: seeking to protect 401Ks, looking for safe havens,…...
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