Opening Day for America

March 30, 2007 | by | Topic: The Persuaders

This Monday marks one of the most significant dates in the calendar year: Opening Day for Major League Baseball.

There is, of course, no greater sport than baseball—a fact that is one of those indisputable laws of the universe. It … Read more>

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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Q&A with George Weigel

March 30, 2007 | by | Topic: The Content of Character, Vision & Values Concise E-publications

Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is an 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 everywhere. Read more>

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Globalization: An Assessment

March 28, 2007 | by | Topic: The Path to Freedom, White Papers

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Editor’s Note: Reflecting the breadth and depth of top-notch scholarship being pursued by the faculty of Grove City College, The Center for Vision & Values is pleased to release the second in Read more>

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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Q&A with Maggie Gallagher

March 28, 2007 | by | Topic: The Content of Character, Vision & Values Concise E-publications

Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is an 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 everywhere. Read more>

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Montel Williams, Ted Haggard and the Psychiatrist

March 27, 2007 | by | Topic: The Content of Character

In the sea of daytime talk, the “Montel Williams Show” is a popular island for many viewers. Always looking for controversy, the Montel team recently examined claims that fallen minister Ted Haggard had been cured of homosexuality by three weeks … Read more>

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VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Q&A on the De-Christianization of Europe

March 26, 2007 | by | Topic: The Content of Character, Vision & Values Concise E-publications

Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is an 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 everywhere. Read more>

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Educators: Is it Time for a New Question?

March 25, 2007 | by | Topic: The Battle for the Mind

Proficient … basic … state assessment tests … standards. The educational world as well as the world outside the classroom resounds with this terminology, all in the name of “accountability.” Even students throw around these terms with ease, well-aware of … Read more>

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Freedom Stagnation

March 22, 2007 | by | Topic: The American Story

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Washington Times on March 21, 2007.

In its recently released Freedom in the World 2007 survey, Freedom House coins a new term for these troubled times: “freedom stagnation.”

On every continent, … Read more>

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America’s “Berlin Wall?”

March 16, 2007 | by | Topic: The American Story

I tend to avoid the immigration debate, which, for various reasons that agitate some of my conservative friends, does not get me riled up. Nonetheless, in the context of this debate, the Mexican leadership continues to make an outrageous analogy, … Read more>

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Homosexuality and Psychotherapy: An Interview with Dr. Nicholas Cummings

March 15, 2007 | by | Topic: The Content of Character

Of late, every time ex-minister Ted Haggard speaks, he brings the issues of homosexuality, religion and psychotherapy into the national spotlight.

Stepping into this discussion is one of the most influential and innovative psychologists in the nation, Dr. Nicholas Cummings. … Read more>

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Law and Order, Texas-Style

March 14, 2007 | by | Topic: The Law

Guest Comentary

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the state’s stomach for capital punishment. Since 1976, Texas has executed some 387 criminals, a number nearly four times as high as the second place total. There has not traditionally been much … Read more>

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Christians: Face the Facts, Don’t Bury the Tomb

March 13, 2007 | by | Topic: The Content of Character

Guest Commentary

The documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” hadn’t even aired yet and many Christians were already in a panic. Just the suggestion that someone found Jesus’ bones in a limestone box had believers by the droves shaking their … Read more>

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Hating Rick

March 8, 2007 | by | Topic: The DNA of Greatness

Back in November, on the heels of the landslide defeat of Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) by Democratic challenger Bob Casey, Jr., I wrote an article recalling the first time I met Santorum. I intended the piece to be a personal … Read more>

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Stopping Iran’s Quest for the Bomb

March 7, 2007 | by | Topic: The Global Challenge

At the invitation of the Iraqi regime, the United States recently agreed to multi-lateral talks with Iran and Syria aimed at breaking the diplomatic impasse between Iran and the United Nations over Tehran’s nuclear program. Negotiation supporters point to recent … Read more>

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