VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Give Lower-Skilled Workers a Chance
July 30, 2004 | by Shawn Ritenour | Topic: The Path to Freedom, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
Election years are the times that try economists’ souls. Practically everyone with his hat in the ring will promise us this and promise us that and promise us everything under the sun, more often than not implying that, by the … Read more>
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Who is Diane Lenning and Why Did She Almost Lose Her Job?
July 27, 2004 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Content of Character
Who is Diane Lenning and why should we care?
Mrs. Lenning is a public school teacher from California who was until recently the undisputed chair of the Republican Educators Caucus, an interest group within the National Education Association. According to … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: The Tale of Two Reports: Are Schools Safe or Not?
July 23, 2004 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Battle for the Mind, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
Election years are the times that try economists’ souls. Practically everyone with his hat in the ring will promise us this and promise us that and promise us everything under the sun, more often than not implying that, by the … Read more>
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The NEA and the Educator Sexual Misconduct Report
July 20, 2004 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Battle for the Mind
Just in time for the beginning of the annual convention of the National Education Association, the U.S. Department of Education released on June 30 a report suggesting that 4.5 million students may be victims of educator sexual misconduct during their … Read more>
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Chris Matthew’s Hard Sell
July 19, 2004 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Content of Character
Chris Matthews, the tough but affable host of MSNBC’s Hardball advanced an interesting argument in favor of same sex marriage. His theory is that the government has a kind of obligation to encourage bonding among homosexuals.
On a July 12 … Read more>
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Christianity and Conservatism
July 8, 2004 | by L. John Van Til | Topic: The American Story
After drafting an Op-Ed piece entitled “Ronald Reagan and the Face of Conservatism” this week, I resolved to also write a brief piece on the relationship between Christianity and Conservatism. Before heading up to my study to begin, my wife … Read more>
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Kerry in Full Bloom
July 8, 2004 | by Jeffrey M. Herbener | Topic: The Path to Freedom
The bankruptcy of the activist view of government is in full bloom again, thanks to the John Kerry campaign.
For starters, Kerry promised to raise the minimum wage. Even if Kerry is an Economics 101 dropout, one would think that … Read more>
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Ronald Reagan and the Changing Face of Conservatism
July 7, 2004 | by L. John Van Til | Topic: The American Story
The passing of Ronald Reagan is a good time to access his relationship to the Conservative movement in America. Without doubt Reagan shaped its ideology and direction more than any other person in the 20th century, affirming and advancing certain … Read more>
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Life, Reagan, and Ruth from Idaho
July 6, 2004 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The Content of Character
With tributes to Ronald Reagan now off the front pages, the left is trying to reshape the man in its own image. Surely, liberals inform us, Reagan would have supported the use of human embryos for research.
I would strongly … Read more>
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Babbling in Political Tongues
July 2, 2004 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The Content of Character
Just before midnight on June 1, 2001, a Palestinian suicide bomber strolled into a crowd of youngsters cued up outside Tel Aviv’s hottest nightclub, the Dolphinarium, located on the seafront promenade about a mile north of the ancient port of … Read more>
