Something was missing from the recent Republican campaign efforts. Though they did retake the Senate and several governor’s mansions, most were strangely silent on what might have been some winning issues. These included Obamacare, school reform and reforming bureaucracy and regulation. Obamacare did receive some attention, which is good, and all the new senators vowed […]
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What are Republicans Saying? Nothing Much Yet.
11 Nov 2014
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Another Great One Dies
05 Nov 2014
Gordon Tullock died the other day. He was about 92. For those who didn’t know, Tullock was a founder of the Public Choice School of economic thought, famous for its use of microeconomic principles applied to problems of government, in particular government failure. Tullock was known as the “inventor” of the concept of rent-seeking, known […]
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Dehumanizing and (“UnGoding”) the Humanities
30 Oct 2014
I read this in an article on the present state of the humanities by Heather MacDonald. It is a quote from an unknown humanities work: “Total presence breaks on the univocal predication of the exterior absolute the absolute existent (of that of which it is not possible to univocally predicate an outside, while the equivocal […]
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The feature article this week by Dr. Tison notes how Peter Conn recently wrote that Christian colleges and universities should not be accredited because they indoctrinate rather than educate. He said that they violate the foundational principle of higher education by not embracing the rational empiricist approach to knowledge exclusively. Because Christian educators recognize that […]
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Biblical Integration: The Way Forward
28 Sep 2014
I once again apologize for the length of this blog, but I considered the topic too important and complex to be dealt with superficially. So please indulge me in this discussion of biblical integration and forgive any ramblings that may appear. There seems to be some confusion these days about some aspects of what we […]
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Answering the Fool
22 Sep 2014
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.” (Proverbs 26:4-5) In a recent editorial tirade published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ivy League professor Peter Conn warned of the danger to “skeptical and […]
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Accreditation for Me But Not for Thee
17 Jul 2014
A recent article appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, in which the author, Peter Conn, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, took issue with the accreditation of certain kinds of Christian universities. The article, entitled “The Great Accreditation Farce,” begins on what I would consider to be a positive note, by […]
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In a recent column in the Washington Post, the journalist George Will wrote a column on sexual assault entitle “Colleges Become Victims of Progressivism” (June 6, 2014) in which he was critical of the Department of Justice’s new standards for proving sexual assault on college campuses and skeptical of the statistics backing those new standards. […]
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First Lady Food Frenzy
27 May 2014
The First Lady Michelle Obama is at it again. Reacting to her critics she has reiterated the necessity of food regulations for school lunch programs. Many schools and districts have complained about the rules, arguing that they are restrictive. Economists and policy analysts have also criticized the rules, designed to limit fat, calorie, sugar and […]
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To have academic freedom or not to have academic freedom–is that really the question? Recent news is littered with stories of academic freedom. Bryan College, my alma mater, is in turmoil over a clarification to its doctrinal statement (as well as other issues, I am sure). By attempting to solidify its position on Creation, the […]
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