As Robby Soave of Reason.com pointed out in a March 22 article, students today come to college with a basic problem. They are scared on ideas that challenge them. Soave gave an illustration of this from a debate between a left-feminist, Jessica Valenti, and a libertarian feminist, Wendy McElroy at Brown Univesity. Apparently some students […]
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A Bad Proposal
06 Mar 2015
An Inside Higher Ed piece by Paul Fain (“Free Community College: It Works,” Feb. 5, 2015) argues that providing free education at community colleges works because, get this it leads to “increased degree production.” Well there is a brilliant study, stating the obvious, but not really getting the point that when something is “free” the […]
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Scott Walker and Education
16 Feb 2015
Scott Walker (R-WI) must be the front-runner for the GOP’s presidential nomination. Why? He is earning significant scrutiny from mainstream media outlets, primarily over two issues, which are related–his lack of a college degree and his views on evolution. While we need a president with brainpower, smart presidents are not always good presidents. What we […]
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I wrote my last post just prior to the State of the Union Address and admitted to the foolishness of doing so. I am not writing today to toot my own horn, but I have to say, I was not too far off. Let me remind you of the promises of Huey Long’s Share Our […]
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The President’s History Lecture
06 Feb 2015
On January 5, President Obama, in a speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, equated the current jihadist threat with “terrible deeds committed in the name of Christ.” Read the entire speech to get the full context. But if you do, you will find President Obama bending over backward to find some moral equivalency between […]
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President Obama and The Share Our Wealth Plan
20 Jan 2015
It is probably not wise to write a blog on the evening of the State of the Union address–before listening to the address–but it isn’t the most foolish thing I have done in life. Scripture has a number of warnings about being foolish, and I am hoping that Americans take heed. President Obama unveiled a […]
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The National Labor Relation Board recently made a judicial ruling (yes, it is an administrative agency, but agencies do act like courts frequently) concerning the rights of faculty at private colleges and universities to unionize. The actual decision is somewhat complicated and I have not yet read it in full, but the upshot of it […]
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Christian Higher Education: Is It Possible?
18 Jan 2015
Once again I was reminded of how important it is to be vigilant in Christian colleges and universities to try to ensure they remain true to their mission as ultimately expressed in the Word of God. I was privileged to be a part of the American Enterprise’s Values and Capitalism group retreat in San Diego […]
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The Passing of Two Conservative Pillars
13 Jan 2015
Two of the giants of American conservative political thought died at the end of last week. They both contributed in their own way not only to the advancement of true scholarship in political theory, but also as public intellectuals who were willing and more than capable of coming “out of the bunker” to speak truth […]
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As we approach the new year and incidentally, Old Christmas (January 6), I thought I would leave you with a few “gifts.” These come from Federal, state and even local actions over the past year. I don’t really wish these on anyone, but they are current reality. Release of five more Guantanamo detainees, whose threat […]
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