Operation Change of Direction: Israel vs. Hezbollah in the summer of 2006
January 26, 2007 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The Global Challenge, White Papers
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Editor’s note: Dr. Earl Tilford is Professor of History at Grove City College. He enjoyed an extensive military career and after retiring from the U.S. Air Force, served as an associate professor of history … Read more>
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Understanding Islamic Jihad’s Challenge to America
January 19, 2007 | by L. John Van Til | Topic: The Global Challenge
Last fall I visited Dearborn, Mich., to attend a high school class reunion. I arrived early enough to drive around my old neighborhood. To my surprise, it had become almost totally an Arab population. Every business I passed displayed Arab-English … Read more>
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Something for Nothing
January 11, 2007 | by Dirk Mateer | Topic: The Path to Freedom
When something is offered to us for free, we become suspicious. Internet scams, all-expense paid vacations and interest-free loans all beg the question, “Where is the catch?” Read the fine print and the true cost becomes apparent.
Increasing … Read more>
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God and Stem Cells
January 11, 2007 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The Content of Character
On Thursday, January 11, the new Democratic Congress followed through on its ambitious agenda to promote embryonic stem-cell research. As it moves forward, President George W. Bush will be grabbing his veto pen. As he does, we will hear charges … Read more>
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Virginia Churches—African Bishops?
January 10, 2007 | by John A. Sparks | Topic: The Content of Character
Stranger things may have happened in the annals of church history, but the recent lopsided votes in several Virginia Episcopal congregations may qualify as among the strangest at first glance. Why? They voted in favor of leaving that denomination’s Virginia … Read more>
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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Q&A with H.W. Crocker III
January 8, 2007 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The Global Challenge, Vision & Values Concise E-publications
Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is a monthly e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. Each issue will present an interview with an intriguing thinker or opinion-maker that we hope will prove illuminating to readers … Read more>
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Losing Lives or Face: Time to Leave Iraq
January 5, 2007 | by Doug Bandow | Topic: The Global Challenge
Saddam Hussein richly deserved his execution, but Iraq is no less a strategic disaster for America because of it. It will be years, if not decades, until the world overcomes all of the consequences of George W. Bush’s … Read more>
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“Peace in Our Time” with the Iraq Study Group
January 5, 2007 | by Marvin J. Folkertsma | Topic: The Global Challenge
Poor ISG! While its members completed their parade across assorted political platforms during the last month of 2006, their pontifications died faster than a flock of houseflies on a sun-baked window ledge, and with about as much dignity. It’s not … Read more>
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The Rise and Fall of a Dictator
January 4, 2007 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The DNA of Greatness
—Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein grew up barefoot in a mud hut in the town of Takrit, north of Baghdad on the Tigris … Read more>
