The Center for Vision & Values
Thursday, July 14, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on July 14, 2022 at 07:00 am
In June 2022, Google suspended engineer Blake Lemoine from his work in artificial intelligence. Having previously assisted with a program called the Language Models for Dialog Applications (LaMDA), Lemoine was…...
Monday, July 11, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on July 11, 2022 at 07:36 am
Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization holds that both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey must be overturned. The predicted impact on…...
Thursday, July 07, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on July 7, 2022 at 07:09 am
Recently, President Joe Biden flew into Iowa—our country’s leading corn-producing state—to announce to appreciative farmers that the Environmental Protection Agency will require American motor-fuel refiners to increase the amount of…...
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on July 5, 2022 at 10:23 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at National Catholic Register. Many progressives today are eager to redefine America not as starting in 1776, which is literally when…...
Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 30, 2022 at 07:11 am
In 2017, the Supreme Court decided a case that involved a school playground resurfacing program provided by the state of Missouri. Trinity Lutheran School sought a state grant, which was…...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 29, 2022 at 07:24 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. Throughout the 2015-16 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, I urged conservatives not to nominate Donald…...
Monday, June 27, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 27, 2022 at 06:54 am
So now it is official. The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization has overturned Roe v. Wade, and the legal issue of whether and how to…...
Thursday, June 16, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 16, 2022 at 06:45 am
The haunting refrains of Harry Chapin’s song “Cat’s in the Cradle,” like "planes to catch and bills to pay … when you coming home, dad?” started to play in my…...
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 8, 2022 at 06:56 am
As Yogi Berra, baseball’s preeminent wit and philosopher, would say, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Fifteen years ago, I wrote in this space about an attempt by Congress to…...
Thursday, June 02, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on June 2, 2022 at 05:53 am
Editor’s note: An early version of this article first appeared in Crisis Magazine last October. Roe v. Wade and so-called “abortion rights” are facing challenges unlike any time before.…...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on May 31, 2022 at 06:10 am
The Supreme Court will soon issue its opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law preventing elective abortions beyond 15 weeks gestation. I am not…...
Friday, May 06, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on May 6, 2022 at 09:49 am
There is always a dilemma for Christians in best handling and reacting to the positions and counsel of Christian leaders. Often these are people we have grown to trust and…...
Monday, May 02, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on May 2, 2022 at 08:28 am
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. The number of Russian combat deaths in Ukraine is striking, perhaps already exceeding the total dead in 10 years…...
Friday, April 15, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on April 15, 2022 at 09:10 am
For the first time in our lives, we have experienced a universal international event, known as Covid-19. The World Series doesn’t come close to being a global event. The World…...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on April 13, 2022 at 11:38 am
“To infinity and beyond!” In November of 1995, the first of four blockbuster animated films in the Toy Story franchise was released by Walt Disney Pictures to both audience and…...
Friday, April 08, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on April 8, 2022 at 06:02 am
President Joe Biden’s proposed 2023 federal budget, which calls for a gargantuan outlay of $5.8 trillion, includes plans for a new kind of tax on the wealth of the rich.…...
Monday, March 28, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on March 28, 2022 at 08:13 am
If you get depressed easily, you may wish to skip this article. Our country has suffered inflationary bouts to various degrees throughout our history, with perhaps the most severe having…...
Monday, March 21, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on March 21, 2022 at 08:21 am
My old and dear friend and mentor, Charlie Wiley, passed away in his sleep this week. He was 95 years old. If living a long life with your mind intact,…...
Monday, March 14, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on March 14, 2022 at 09:32 am
As the world recoils in dismay and disgust at Russian aggression and grieves for the horrific suffering of the Ukrainian people, many Americans are just beginning to grasp the economic…...
Monday, February 21, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 21, 2022 at 10:42 am
Back in 1995, as a new director for a college office of career services, I attended the National Association of Colleges and Employers conference. One of the concurrent sessions was…...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 16, 2022 at 10:13 am
Inflation – defined herein as a widespread increase in the prices of widely purchased consumer goods – has gotten worse since I commented on it last spring. According to the…...
Friday, February 11, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 11, 2022 at 11:16 am
I do not feel like a privileged person today when I watch Olympic competitions. These young white, black, and Asian athletes from around the world have been given incredible opportunities…...
Tuesday, February 08, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on February 8, 2022 at 07:36 am
The U. S. Supreme Court has rejected President Joe Biden’s OSHA vaccination overreach for private sector employees, but has upheld the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate for healthcare workers.…...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on January 19, 2022 at 10:55 am
Here’s a critical question for enthusiasts of critical race theory, particularly its growing number of advocates on the religious left: How did MLK do what he did without CRT? …...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on January 11, 2022 at 11:01 am
As the regular NFL season ends, the Pittsburgh Steelers need a minor miracle to make the playoffs, and Ben Roethlisberger’s storied career comes to an end, it is fitting to…...
Friday, January 07, 2022
By
Center for Vision & Values
on January 7, 2022 at 10:57 am
Two years ago, I wrote about the pending global population implosion. Demographers predict that 90 countries will lose population between now and the year 2100. Shrinking populations have portentous implications, including…...
Wednesday, January 05, 2022
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Center for Vision & Values
on January 5, 2022 at 12:02 pm
Few modern topics have become as divisive as critical race theory, which is no surprise, given that CRT divides. It divides people into groups pitted against one another, into categories…...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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Center for Vision & Values
on December 29, 2021 at 09:31 am
A study by the Harvard Graduate School of Education—based on an October 2020 poll released in February 2021—deserved widespread media coverage. It got almost none. Given what was going on…...
Thursday, December 23, 2021
By
Center for Vision & Values
on December 23, 2021 at 09:50 am
Addiction to government handouts continues to be a significant economic and societal issue. Recently, some authors have sounded the alarm by tagging the current CARES Act freebies as a form…...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
By
Center for Vision & Values
on December 15, 2021 at 10:47 am
A few months ago, I wrote about President Biden’s anti-fossil fuel policies. Among other steps designed to restrict domestic production of oil and natural gas, the president canceled completion of…...
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