DR. EARL TILFORD: THE GAZA TRAP
Even though Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced an Israel-Gaza ceasefire, it’s apparent that Gaza still holds many traps for Israel. For example, there’s the media trap. Hamas, like…...
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DR. MARVIN FOLKERTSMA: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF AMERICA
A few days after the election of 2012 the very talented Michael Ramirez published a political cartoon that perhaps conveyed a more profound meaning than he anticipated. He depicted a…...
Thursday, November 15, 2012
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: OBAMA: THE SECOND FDR RATHER THAN THE SECOND CARTER
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. I’ve thought a lot over the last few years about an axiom attributed to Mark Twain, “History doesn’t repeat…...
Monday, November 12, 2012
DR. PAUL KENGOR: EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: THE 2012 ELECTION AND THE POWER OF INCUMBENCY
Mitt Romney lost the presidential race by only two percentage points. If the election had been held just a week earlier, when he was up in the polls, things might…...
Saturday, November 10, 2012
DR. PAUL KENGOR: - V&V FLASHBACK - THE 40-PERCENT PRESIDENT: OBAMA’S CRUISE TO ELECTION
Editor’s note: A version of this piece was written for the American Thinker on January 26, 2011. We're at the halfway mark of Barack Obama's first term as president. I…...
Thursday, November 08, 2012
DR. PAUL KENGOR: AMERICA’S FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION
Timing is everything in politics. For four years, I angered conservatives by insisting Barack Obama would get reelected. I figured that an electorate willing to elect a man with ideas…...
Friday, November 02, 2012
DR. SHAWN RITENOUR: TWO PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH: REAL OR APPARENT?
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has just announced that GDP grew at a rate of 2 percent…...
Thursday, November 01, 2012
DR. ANDREW JAMES HARVEY: “ALL HALLOWS’ EVE”—READ IT
“On the vigil of the hallows, it was gloomily and steadily raining.” And so it is. I am quoting from a story set in 1945 London, but here we are…...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
DR. GARY SCOTT SMITH: PROOF OF HEAVEN
“Heaven is Real,” a Newsweek cover proclaimed last week. Renowned neurosurgeon Eben Alexander’s scientific worldview had previously led him to view near-death experiences as having plausible scientific explanations. However, spending…...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
DR. PAUL KENGOR: WHAT ABOUT THE HOMELESS? …THE HOMELESS THEN AND NOW—OBAMA AND REAGAN
As a biographer of Ronald Reagan, I’m constantly asked to compare today’s fiscal/economic situation to what Reagan faced in the 1980s. Today’s record debt/deficits remind of the 1980s, though today’s…...
Monday, October 15, 2012
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: ALEX KARRAS, RIP
Alex Karras, the former Detroit Lions All-Pro defensive tackle and later a successful actor, died on October 10. I have vivid memories of him before he ever gained immortality as…...
Thursday, October 11, 2012
DR. PAUL KENGOR: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE “INTELLIGENCE BRIEF” SCANDAL
The last few weeks have produced many intriguing political moments, but none as shocking as the revelation that President Obama has been absent from the vast majority of his daily…...
Monday, October 08, 2012
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT BILLIONAIRE
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. Two news items about “the rich” recently popped up online within a couple of hours of each other. Story…...
Thursday, October 04, 2012
DR. JOSEPH J. HORTON: SAME-SEX PARENTING: CAN WE HONESTLY PURSUE TRUTH?
When discussing the possible effects on children of being raised by same-sex parents, I have told my students that the best evidence we have is that there are no negative…...
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
DR. MARVIN FOLKERTSMA: MITT ROMNEY AND THE POLITICS OF VIRTUE
When Mitt Romney blurted out his now notorious 47-percent lament, liberal gaffe-o-meters went ballistic, acting as though he were an American Ebenezer Scrooge who had just shoved Tiny Tim Cratchit…...
Monday, October 01, 2012
DR. SHAWN RITENOUR: WHO SPENDS WISEST?
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. The financial and economic meltdown of 2008 was preceded by large increases in government spending and monetary inflation that…...
Monday, September 24, 2012
DR. MARVIN FOLKERTSMA: PRESIDENT OBAMA’S MUNICH MOMENT
In September 1938 the British prime minister had a problem. The Third Reich’s psychopath-in-chief was scorching the airwaves in one of his trademark rants, this time about the supposed oppression…...
DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM QE3
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. The only doubt about the Federal Reserve’s decision to embark on a third round of quantitative easing was about…...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
DR. JEFFREY HERBENER: V&V Q&A: ON MAIN STREET USA AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S QE3
Editor’s Note: The "V&V Q&A" is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. In this latest edition, we interview the chair of the department…...
Thursday, September 13, 2012
DR. PAUL KENGOR: GOD, DEMOCRATS, AND THE EUROPEANIZATION OF AMERICA
The battle at the Democratic convention to exclude God from the party’s platform is no minor moment. Do not underestimate what transpired there. And while it speaks to so many…...
Monday, September 03, 2012
DR. TRACY C. MILLER: DOES PAUL RYAN WANT TO TAKE MEDICARE AWAY FROM SENIORS?
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. A year ago, opponents attacked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), claiming that his plan to reform Medicare would kill grandma…...
Monday, August 27, 2012
DR. JOSEPH J. HORTON: GROWTH, NOT GIFTS! A SOLUTION TO STUDENT LOANS
President Obama has been arguing for a number of plans to reduce the burden of student loans such as artificially low interest rates and allowing for some loans to be…...
Thursday, August 23, 2012
DR. CRAIG COLUMBUS: MAN VS. HIMSELF ON WALL STREET
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at RealClearMarkets.com. A costly computer trading glitch involving market maker Knight Capital has intensified the debate over the effects and value…...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
DR. TRACY C. MILLER: THE U.S. ECONOMY COULD RECOVER FASTER IF GOVERNMENT POLICIES CHANGED
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. Recent monthly employment reports have confirmed that this is the slowest U.S. recovery from a recession since the Great Depression.…...
DR. PAUL KENGOR: REMEMBERING GENE KELLY
This August 23, 2012 marks the centennial of the birth of Gene Kelly, the great American dancer, actor, singer; a guy’s guy who—along with Fred Astaire—is the only male…...
Thursday, August 16, 2012
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: OBAMA’S POPULARITY WITH YOUNG VOTERS
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, Americans under the age of 30…...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
DR. GARY SCOTT SMITH: OUR CIVIC HIGH PRIEST
The tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado, which killed 12 and wounded 58, has again accentuated the important role presidents play as our chief civic priest. The governor of Colorado…...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
ALLAN BROWNFIELD: REMEMBERING WILLIAM RASPBERRY - A THOUGHTFUL VOICE IN TROUBLING TIMES
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The death of William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post, has taken from us a man whose fiercely independent views helped us through the…...
Monday, July 23, 2012
DR. MARVIN FOLKERTSMA: THE OBAMA NULLIFICATION DOCTRINE
The Obama Nullification Doctrine By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma In December 1828, South Carolina had 5,000 copies of John C. Calhoun’s “Exposition and Protest” printed and distributed throughout the state.…...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
DR. EARL TILFORD THE STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE OF SECURITY
In light of recent publicity about the U.S-British-Israeli cyber attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, we might want to consider intelligence lessons from the past. In the autumn of 1960, with…...
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