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Friday, February 11, 2022

DR. GARY WELTON: I’M A PRIVILEGED AMERICAN … PLEASE PUT RACE ASIDE

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

DR. JOHN SPARKS: SUPREME COURT RENDERS MIXED VACCINE MANDATES DECISIONS

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

DR. PAUL KENGOR: TEACH MLK, NOT CRT

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

DR. GARY SCOTT: TUNCH ILKIN - A TRIBUTE

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

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: WHEN HUMANS DON’T PROCREATE - AN UPDATE

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

DR. PAUL KENGOR: CRITITCAL RACE THEORY - MYTHS, MARXISM, AND MORE

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

DR. DAVID AYERS: WHY IS AMRICA SO SAD? WHERE DO WE FIND JOY?

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

DR. JAMES THRASHER: GREEN HEROIN VS. THE CALL TO WORK

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

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S ONGOING BATTLE AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS

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…...

Thursday, December 09, 2021

DR. CARL TRUEMAN: DO I TEACH AT A WOKE SCHOOL?

“Do I teach at a woke school?” was not a question I seriously considered until one evening last week when I received an email from a friend assuring me of his…...

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

RACHEL BOVARD: THE CRACKS ARE SHOWING IN ROE V. WADE

Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The Spectator World. Crowds gathered outside of the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the Supreme Court prepared to hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,…...

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

JOHN A. SPARKS: PARENTAL EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: THE YODER CASE REVISITED

Throughout the country, parents are concerned that some public schoolboards, administrators, and associations hold them in disdain and fear their input when they raise legitimate questions about the direction of…...

Monday, November 08, 2021

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: SPECIOUS THEORIES CONCOCTED TO JUSTIFY INFLATION

From an economic point of view, some of the ideas being proposed by current policymakers in Washington, particularly the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and top officials at the Federal…...

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: CURRENT TAX PROPOSALS - CRITIQUING TWO PROMISES

I have written about “Washington’s Bi-Partisan Fiscal Folly” for years, caused by chronic over-spending. Regardless of which party holds the upper hand in Washington, the federal budget deficit persists. In…...

Monday, October 11, 2021

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS: “FIXING” WHAT ISN’T BROKEN

by J.B. Horton and Jeffrey Trimbath “A solution in search of a problem.” That’s the best summary we’ve heard of the recent proposed legislation to increase mandates and regulations for…...

Wednesday, October 06, 2021

GOING WOKE: AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT CORPORATE AMERICA’S “SOCIAL JUSTICE SCAM”

Coca-Cola, Google, Delta Airlines, Blackrock, Unilever, and Facebook. On its face, this list may sound like a great investment portfolio. Instead, as shown in a new book by former biotech…...

Thursday, September 23, 2021

DR. PAUL KENGOR: US VS. THEM - WHY WE REMEMBER 9/11 DIFFERENTLY

Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.   On Sept. 8, 2021, Grove City College President Paul McNulty spoke in downtown Pittsburgh regarding his uniquely fascinating yet…...

Monday, September 20, 2021

DR. EARL TILFORD: KEEPING WATCH IN DR. STRANGELOVELAND

Charges of treason leveled by politicians and journalists against Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley come from a forthcoming book titled Peril, co-authored by journalist…...

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

LEWIS WAHA: ACADEMICS SHINE A CRITICAL LIGHT ON PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANS

Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The Stream.   Elites have long seen conservative Christians as intolerant and obsessed with politics. It’s a simple view that few have been…...

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

DR. PAUL KENGOR: MLB STRIKES OUT IN CUBA

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.   “MLB remained absent-mindedly and cowardly mute on the Cuban people’s freedom struggles, despite the game’s close…...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

DR. JAMES THRASHER: IF THE DEAD COULD SPEAK

Upon arriving back from visiting my parents’ gravesite, many soul-searching thoughts have swirled in my mind. I was starkly reminded that the length of our earthly life is a grain…...

Thursday, July 01, 2021

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: BIDEN ECONOMIC TEAM PREDICTS LONG-TERM SLOW GROWTH

What is noteworthy about the depressing title to this article is its source. In a case of uncommon candor, President Biden’s economic team has announced that once the artificially high…...

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

DR. JOHN SPARKS: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AFTER FULTON: PROTECTED OR PRECARIOUS?

Sharonell Fulton had fostered 40 children over a 25-year period through Catholic Social Services (CSS), a private agency which conducted “home study” reviews of prospective foster parents. CSS operated under…...

Monday, June 21, 2021

DR. GARY SMITH: REVISITING THE ATLANTIC CHARTER

When he became prime minister in May 1940, Winston Churchill was convinced that Britain could not defeat the Axis Powers without the active participation of the United States. He worked…...

Monday, June 14, 2021

DR. JAMES THRASHER: THE TIM TEBOW CONTROVERSY-IT’S ABOUT CULTURE, STUPID

Everyone seems to have an opinion on Urban Meyer’s decision to sign Tim Tebow to the roster of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars. The all-knowing Charles Barkley pontificated that Tebow failed…...

Friday, May 28, 2021

DR. RICHARD KOCUR: PATENT PROTECTION NEEDS A SHOT IN THE ARM

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage around the world, a new proposal regarding how to slow the spread has emerged. This proposal, however, has nothing to do with masks,…...

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: WORST-KEPT ECONOMIC SECRET - HIGH INFLATION IS BACK

To most people, “inflation” signifies widespread rising prices. Economists have long argued, as a matter of technical accuracy, that “inflation” denotes an increasing money supply. Frankly, though, most people don’t…...

Friday, May 21, 2021

DR. EARL TILFORD: GAZA - TOTAL WAR REALITY

The current fighting in Gaza rapidly approaches total war intensity. Strategy for Hamas has always involved the total war objective of annihilating Israel. For Israel, fighting Hamas and Hezbollah, which…...

Thursday, May 20, 2021

DR. JAMES THRASHER: THE THEOLOGY OF LOSING

The coach angrily paces outside the locker room after losing an early season game. He steps on to the bus and says, “If I hear one word or see even…...

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

DR. DAVID AYERS: THE VITAL SIGNS OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY: CRITICAL BUT NOT TERMINAL?

When I visit my family physician, he starts by checking my vitals. It’s amazing how critical are simple things like blood pressure, temperature, and pulse. We social scientists know that…...

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