Kerry, Command and Control?
September 30, 2004 | by Marvin J. Folkertsma | Topic: The Path to Freedom
With the economy improving, hurricane winds blowing, and discussions about national health care on sick leave, it is fair to suggest that the coming debates between President Bush and Senator Kerry will focus on leadership. Bush can run on his … Read more>
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More Than One Way Out
September 30, 2004 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Content of Character
Reaction to the gay coming out of New Jersey Governor James McGreevey has ranged from viewing his actions as heroic to hypocritical to irrelevant. Some have focused on the aftermath of his deceptions and coming out on his wife and … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Whose Country Is It, Dude?
September 29, 2004 | by Marvin J. Folkertsma | Topic: The American Story, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
In the early 1960s, impressionist Vaughn Meader developed a great routine about President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, who served as Attorney General of the United States. It seems the two got involved in a family spat about … Read more>
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Nuking The Blues
September 28, 2004 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
This week marks the fifth anniversary of one of the worst weeks in the history of Fort Worth, Texas. What happened that week was a demonstration of evil and good, of a mad killer at work and a kind community … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: A Governor and a Shooting in Fort Worth
September 24, 2004 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
This week marks the fifth anniversary of one of the worst weeks in the history of Fort Worth, Texas. What happened that week was a demonstration of evil and good, of a mad killer at work and a kind community … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: The WTO Punching Bag
September 24, 2004 | by Tracy Miller | Topic: The Path to Freedom, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
The World Trade Organization, a favorite punching bag of some conservatives, is at it again. But hold on conservatives, the WTO is right on this one! For pocketbook reasons, the U.S. would be wise to heed their ruling.
For the … Read more>
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Boycott for Tradition
September 24, 2004 | by Warren Throckmorton | Topic: The Content of Character
On October 8, a group called Boycott for Equality wants to wreak havoc on the nation’s economic system. The planned event includes several components: a one-day sick out, no spending for goods and services such as gas, food and clothing, … Read more>
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Retribution, Hatred and the Role of the Media in World War IV
September 22, 2004 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The American Story
- Carl von Clausewitz (On War, Book … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Hopeful Solutions to Teenage Pregnancy
September 21, 2004 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The Battle for the Mind, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
One of the most contentious debates in education — sex education, contraceptives vs. abstinence — has become more important. At least four studies have found that there is a meaningful number of adolescent women who desire to become pregnant in … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: “So Help Me God”: Faith and the Presidency
September 17, 2004 | by Gary S. Smith | Topic: The Content of Character, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
George W. Bush’s deep personal faith significantly impacts his performance as president and has evoked much commendation and criticism. All this attention on religion leads many to conclude incorrectly that Bush is unique or at least very unusual among American … Read more>
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To CBS: Here’s Your Sign
September 17, 2004 | by Marvin J. Folkertsma | Topic: The Persuaders
The principle culprit of the major media’s latest round of non-stop insipid news coverage is of course CBS News and its Sixty Minutes II report based on what the network claimed was a number of documents that cast doubt on … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: The DaVinci Code in Your Backpack
September 13, 2004 | by James Bibza | Topic: The Persuaders, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
What can the popular book “The DaVinci Code” teach us at back-to-school time? History and critical thinking are inseparable for a good education. If read merely as fiction, The DaVinci Code would be an interesting mystery story. However, when the … Read more>
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There’s a War to be Won
September 7, 2004 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The Global Challenge
President George W. Bush’s recent misstatement that the “War on Terror is unwinnable,” corrected by the President the next day on the Rush Limbaugh Show with an explanation that the war will not end with a surrender ceremony reminiscent of … Read more>
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Talking About God Talk: Rev. Clinton vs. Rev. Bush
September 3, 2004 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The Content of Character
It was quite telling that the strongest religious statement made at the Republican convention came not from a Republican but from a Democrat, Georgia Senator Zell Miller, who claimed, among other things, that the current President is the same person … Read more>
