DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: REMEMBERING JAMES B. EDWARDS
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. On the morning after Christmas, James B. Edwards passed away. Few Americans under the age of 40—unless they are…...
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DR. ALEJANDRO CHAFUEN: THE U.S. ECONOMY IN 2015 - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. With the stock market at an all-time high, a bonanza of cheap gasoline, and unemployment at 5.8…...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
DR. GARY WELTON: POLICE OFFICERS: AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
America is not a police state. This is not a country in which the arm of justice is empowered to pursue arbitrary and selfish goals. Instead, America is a land…...
Friday, January 09, 2015
DR. TRACY MILLER: CONGRESS AND OBAMA’S EXECUTIVE ORDER - ALLOW FIRMS TO INVITE GUEST WORKERS
Many Americans are upset by the decision of President Obama to issue an executive order to reform immigration policy. The executive order effectively grants undocumented immigrants the legal right to…...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
DR. ALEJANDRO CHAUFEN: THE CUBA DEAL: COEXISTING AND PROFITING WITH TYRANTS
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Forbes.com. We all celebrate when an innocent person is released from prison. The freedom of Alan Gross is welcome news. But the…...
Monday, December 15, 2014
DR. JOHN SPARKS: OBAMACARE ON THE DEFENSIVE ONCE AGAIN
When Case Western University law professor Jonathan Adler testified before a House subcommittee on July 31, 2013, he had no idea that his analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable…...
DR. JOHN SPARKS: OBAMACARE ON THE LEGAL DEFENSIVE ONCE AGAIN
When Case Western University law professor Jonathan Adler testified before a House subcommittee on July 31, 2013, he had no idea that his analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable…...
Monday, December 08, 2014
DR. PAUL KENGOR: WOLFBOY AND PRINCESS CUPCAKE: THE COMPLEMENTARITY OF THE SEXES
Ecumenism at its best was recently demonstrated at the Vatican, where dozens of faith leaders worldwide assembled to remind us of the essential complementarity of men and women in life,…...
Monday, November 24, 2014
BRAD TUPI: FAITH-BASED VOTERS AND THE 2014 MIDTERM ELECTIONS - IS THE GOP THE RELIGION PARTY?
National exit polling from Congressional races tells us some interesting things about the role of religious values in the 2014 midterm elections. It also sends a signal to the Republican…...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: SAUDI ARABIA VERSUS THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE
Editor's note: This article first appeared at Forbes.com. Wow, I had barely recommended repealing the laws that restrict U.S. oil exports as part of an overall ramping up of competition…...
Thursday, November 13, 2014
DR. PAUL KENGOR: MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE BERLIN WALL
Editor's note: This article first appeared at The Washington Post When we think of Martin Luther King Jr.'s great speeches, we don't think of Berlin. And when we think of…...
DR. PAUL KENGOR: DROPPING IN ON THE VETERAN DOWN THE STREET
A few weeks ago, I dropped in on Russ Post, an 89-year-old war veteran who happens to live on my street. What followed was a memorable Saturday afternoon, as Russ…...
DR. ROBERT H. CLEMM: “THE GREAT AND HOLY WAR:” HOW WORLD WAR I BECAME A RELIGIOUS CRUSADE AND RESHAP
Historian Fritz Stern once remarked that the Great War was the "first calamity of the 20th century, the calamity from which all other calamities sprang." On the centenary of World…...
Thursday, October 30, 2014
DR. GARY WELTON: A CHALLENGE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS: BE A FULL-TIME STUDENT
Full-time employment across the developed world is generally defined as 40 to 44 hours per week. The expectations are lower in some countries, such as France, where full-time employment is…...
Sunday, October 26, 2014
DR. EARL TILFORD: WAR BY ALGEBRA DEFIES THE TRUE NATURE OF WAR
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Breitbart.com. Many Americans think of war as a great national struggle, as was the case during WWII, where violence rose to address the…...
Monday, October 20, 2014
DR. PAUL KENGOR: WHEN THE COMMUNISTS MURDERED A PRIEST
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. It was October 19, 1984—30 years ago this week. A gentle, courageous, and genuinely holy priest, Jerzy Popieluszko, age 37,…...
Saturday, October 18, 2014
DR. L. JOHN VAN TIL: AMERICAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND: A MORAL BASIS
Americans can see or hear about dozens of terrorist acts every day. They can tune in to their favorite TV shows or go to the local cinema and be bombarded…...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: A FREE-MARKET ECONOMIST’S TAKE ON KEN BURNS’ “THE ROOSEVELTS”
By now, you’ve probably seen or heard about Ken Burns’ 14-hour documentary on the three most famous Roosevelts: Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor. I have to confess that I almost didn’t…...
DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE COLLECTIVE SUICIDE OF CONSERVATIVE TALK-RADIO
Conservative talk-radio is hurting. Liberals are gleefully circling the wagons, celebrating their adversary’s imminent demise, even as conservative talk-radio remains far more popular than liberal talk-radio. Liberals think they know…...
Sunday, October 12, 2014
DR. TRACY MILLER: WHY PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD NOT ENACT A SEVERANCE TAX ON NATURAL GAS
As the governor’s race heats up in Pennsylvania, one of the central issues is whether to enact a severance tax on natural gas. Democrat candidate Tom Wolf has emphasized the…...
Friday, October 10, 2014
DR. JOHN SPARKS: THE COURT REFUSES THE GAY MARRIAGE QUESTION
Every year, on the first Monday in October, the U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term. This year it began with a bang. The court refused to hear the largest…...
GLENN MARSCH: V&V Q&A - TALKING CLIMATE SCIENCE WITH PHYSICIST
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of discussions with Grove City College physicist Dr. Glenn Marsch regarding global warming. In the first Q&A we compared the articles…...
GLENN MARSCH: V&V Q&A - TALKING CLIMATE SCIENCE WITH PHYSICIST
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of discussions with Grove City College physicist Dr. Glenn Marsch regarding global warming. In the first Q&A we compared the articles…...
Thursday, October 02, 2014
DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE SCANDAL CONTINUES - PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SKIPPED INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS
Two years ago, I wrote about a scandalous presidential reality. I’d say I’m shocked to report that the scandal continues, but I’m not. And that’s even more scandalous. In October…...
DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE LIBERAL RELIGION OF “TOLERANCE”
I’ve said it before, and I’m hardly alone. Many have observed it. Liberals revere tolerance. They practically worship it. It’s like a religion to them. Well, now comes a study…...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
DR. R.B.A. DIMUCCIO: WAKE UP, CONSERVATIVES! EXAMINING CONSERVATIVE “SUPPORT” FOR COMMON CORE
Most conservatives instinctively and correctly oppose Common Core. The issue becomes muddy when a few high-profile conservatives appear to be in favor of it. Such support provides a bottomless font…...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
DR. EARL TILFORD: WAR - A MATTER OF SEMANTICS
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.” —President John F. Kennedy For most people war is an unthinkable horror. While generals must…...
Friday, September 19, 2014
DR. GARY WELTON: DESIGNING HISTORY - THE IDENTITY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Our primary focus in December of 1999 was Y2K. Would the computer systems handle the millennial change? Might we suffer from serious computer snafus? In the midst of the Y2K…...
Monday, September 08, 2014
DR. EARL TILFORD: STRATEGY 101: A PRIMER FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA
In August 1961, while the Soviets erected the Berlin Wall to plunge the Cold War into the deep freeze, President John F. Kennedy ordered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to…...
LEE WISHING: A RIGOROUS EDUCATION AND A PRESTIGIOUS INTERNSHIP:
Editor’s note: In this Q&A, Grove City College student Kayla Murrish ’15 of Troy, MI discusses the rigors and value of a Grove City College education and how the college…...
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