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Monday, July 22, 2013

MICHAEL GEER: PA AG REFUSES O DEFEND MARRIAGE LAW - AN INSIDER’S VIEW

Q&A WITH PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE PRESIDENT MICHAEL GEER Editor’s note: Last week, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit to overturn Pennsylvania’s marriage law. In response, in a stunning move, Pennsylvania’s…...

DR. PAUL KENGOR: IN MEMORIUM - AN FBI LIFETITLE

America has lost a good man and dedicated servant. Edward S. Miller, a lifetime FBI man, has departed this country and this world, leaving behind a trail of fascinating tales…...

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

DR. T. DAVID GORDON: JUSTICE KENNEDY’S “DEMEANING” DOMA RULING

In the limits of this brief essay I cannot adequately address the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), or the entirety of the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the same. As…...

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

DR. GARY WELTON: ESSENTIAL PARENTING

If you believe everything you read, then kids are doomed. If both of their parents work outside the home, then it’s hopeless. If one parent is a pastor, then forget…...

HERBERT MEYERTITLE: EGYPT CONFRONTS MODERNITY

In light of the turmoil in Egypt, The Center for Vision & Values contacted its longtime friend, Herb Meyer, for his thoughts. Mr. Meyer was special assistant to the director…...

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

DR. EARL TILFORD: REFLECTIONS ON GETTYSBURG

It’s July in Alabama and 100 degrees in the shade. Despite the heat, I crack the bedroom window at night to soak up the sounds and smells of the South.…...

Monday, July 01, 2013

DR. JOHN A. SPARKS: FISHER V. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: THE COURT MISSES AND OPPORTUNITY

The Supreme Court, in a case heard by eight Justices (Justice Kagan recused herself), has issued its decision involving the admissions policies of the University of Texas. In a 7-1…...

DR. PAUL KENGOR:  A PERFECTLY NATURAL FOURTH OF JULY

Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Will you be celebrating Natural Law this July 4th? You should be. Your Founding Fathers did.…...

Thursday, June 27, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: LIBERALS EMBRACE FATHERLESS (AND MOTHERLESS) FAMILIES

Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The Guardian.With the Supreme Court giving a major boost to gay marriage, liberals face fewer impediments to their relentless push for fatherless (and…...

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: WAKE UP, GULLIVER: THE LILLIPUTIANS ARE ALMOST DONE

Jonathan Swift’s classic novel Gulliver’s Travels—and in particular the novel’s first section in which the tiny Lilliputians immobilize Gulliver by binding him with thousands of tiny, threadlike ropes—serves as a…...

Monday, June 24, 2013

DR. JOSEPH J. HORTON: COMPETITION IS RAPIDLY CHANGING COLLEGE

Is the traditional college doomed? More and more people think so. Massively open online courses (MOOCs) are threatening to shake up higher education by bringing primarily non-credit courses from college…...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

DR. ALEJANDRO A. CHAFUEN: DON’T CRY FOR ME, AMERICA: COMPARING ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES

Editor’s note: This opinion editorial first appeared at Forbes.com. Many observers have pondered if the United States is following the same troubled path as Argentina. In the 1940s, Argentina’s Juan…...

Saturday, June 01, 2013

DR. TRACY C. MILLER: DEATH PANELS? OF COURSE …

Recently the debate about “death panels” has been heating up as Republican Congressional leaders express their opposition to implementing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) by refusing to appoint members…...

Saturday, May 25, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: CONSTANTLY WITH US ALL - A MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE

Memorial Day is a wonderful constant. Every year, it never ceases to touch me. My family attends an annual parade in Mercer, Pennsylvania. It’s terrific—total old-school. The flags, the courthouse,…...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

DR. DANIEL S. BROWN: THE “WHY” BEHIND THE IRS SCANDAL

Let’s begin with a premise. Challenging, delaying, questioning, or bullying organizations about their non-profit, educational purposes chills both free speech and a free press. The current ruckus involving Internal Revenue…...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

DR. EARL TILFORD: DROPPING THE BENGHAZI BALL

In the 1990s, the U.S. Air Force’s self-descriptor for its capabilities was “Global Reach, Global Power.” On September 11, 2012, as Americans were being attacked and killed in the Middle…...

Thursday, May 02, 2013

DR. PAUL G. KENGOR: RONALD REAGAN: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ADVOCATE?

Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's daughter, recently speculated on where her father might stand on same-sex marriage. Politico published her thoughts under the headline, "Patti Davis says Reagan wouldn't have opposed…...

Thursday, April 25, 2013

DR. GARY L. WELTON: ACADEMIC FREEDOM, CIVILITY, AND THE NAME OF JESUS

Recently, a self-proclaimed Christian instructor at Florida Atlantic University asked his students to write “Jesus” on a piece of paper and step on it. The exercise was from a textbook…...

DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT PRESIDENT

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. Sunday, April 28, marks the 255th anniversary of President James Monroe’s birth in 1758. Recently, I had the pleasure…...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX TURNS 100

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Investor’s Business Daily.Maybe it’s a measure of progressives’ refusal to look back, to always move “forward.” Otherwise, they should be…...

Monday, April 08, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: WELL DONE, LADY THATCHER …THE PASSING OF THE IRON LADY

Margaret Thatcher, one of the greatest leaders of the Cold War, of the 20th century, and of British history, has died at the age of 87.   I’ve referred to…...

Friday, March 29, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: CLINTONS’ PROGRESS -  BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON EMBRACE GAY MARRIAGE

Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator.   Bill and Hillary Clinton have endorsed gay marriage, completely reversing their support of the 1996 Defense…...

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

FRED A. KINGERY: MF GLOBAL AND THE CYPRIOT BANKING CRISIS

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com.   With MF Global (MFG) recently disclosing more details on its bankruptcy and liquidation, let’s quickly review the financial…...

Friday, March 22, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: HILLARY CLINTON’S EVOLUTION ON GAY MARRIAGE

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in USA Today.   Hillary Clinton supports gay marriage. This is a major shift. Yet, as someone who wrote a book…...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

DR. GARY SCOTT SMITH: THE HOPE OF HEAVEN

In response to recently being diagnosed with a rare and terminal type of brain cancer, sitcom star Valerie Harper declared, “we are all terminal.” In a cover story for “People”…...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: PRESERVING HUGO CHAVEZ

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at American Spectator.   The gushing, almost angelic praise for Hugo Chavez by the left in America and around the world…...

Friday, March 15, 2013

DR. ALEJANDRO A. CHUAFEN: FROM AID TO ENTERPRISE: INTELLIGENT POVERTY CURES

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com.   We will always have the poor among us (Matthew 26:11), but over a billion living on less than…...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: MEDICARE: DID YOU REALLY PAY FOR THAT?

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com.   Last summer, Barack Obama riled a lot of entrepreneurs when he got carried away at a campaign event…...

Friday, March 08, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE POWER OF TRUTH: REAGAN’S “EVIL EMPIRE” TURNS 30

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared as an Exclusive Special Report for American Spectator. Today, Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire speech turns 30 years old. It stands as…...

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

DR. PAUL KENGOR: HUGO CHAVEZ: FAITHFUL TO DEATH

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. There’s an old joke from the Cold War. It went like this: Hardline East German communist Walter Ulbricht…...

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