The High-Stakes Showdown Over Medicare Reform
May 31, 2011 | by Mark W. Hendrickson | Topic: The Path to Freedom
The trustees of the Medicare system recently reported that the program will go broke in the year 2024—five years sooner than was projected just last year.
The millions of Americans who have been counting on Medicare to be a reliable, … Read more>
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Wanted: A Leader With Courage
May 30, 2011 | by Lee Wishing | Topic: The DNA of Greatness
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine.
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V&V Q&A on “Heaven in the American Imagination”
May 27, 2011 | by Gary S. Smith | 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. In this latest edition, professor of political science and executive director of the Center—Dr. Paul Kengor—interviews the chair of the history … Read more>
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Spring Contrasts: Madison, Wisconsin vs. Tuscaloosa, Joplin, and the Mighty Mississippi
May 25, 2011 | by Marvin J. Folkertsma | Topic: The DNA of Greatness
Madison, Wisconsin’s winter follies relinquished their national attention to Tuscaloosa’s tornado in April, events along the Mississippi in May, and finally to the most recent twister in Joplin, Missouri, where genuine suffering puts into perspective tenured teachers who are learning … Read more>
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The Global Energy Superpower
May 23, 2011 | by Mark W. Hendrickson | Topic: The Path to Freedom
Saudi Arabia has long been the dominant producer of petroleum on the planet. Nature endowed the Arabian Peninsula with gigantic deposits of this vital source of energy. Many of us have lamented the quirk of nature that placed much-needed oil … Read more>
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Reagan at Notre Dame: A Call to Transcendence and Duty
May 17, 2011 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story, The DNA of Greatness
Written by the executive director of The Center for Vision & Values for National Review Online.
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Overpriced Higher Education
May 16, 2011 | by Lee Wishing | Topic: The Battle for the Mind
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine.
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Sins of the Father: Abortion, Birth Control, and the ACLU
May 16, 2011 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The Content of Character
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the National Catholic Register.
As someone with the highly unusual task of researching old, declassified Soviet and Communist Party USA archives, I often get quizzical looks as to why certain things from … Read more>
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Streaming Video: “Fox & Friends” Interview on Catholics Challenging Speaker Boehner
May 15, 2011 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: Streaming Video, The Content of Character, The Persuaders
To view a streaming video of Dr. Kengor’s recent interview on the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” please click on the link below:
“On Catholics Challenging Speaker Boehner”
For MAC users: If you experience difficulty playing Windows Media files … Read more>
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Tax Hikes are Coming … If Obama Gets His Way
May 13, 2011 | by John A. Sparks | Topic: The Path to Freedom
President Obama is now openly proposing tax increases on at least two important fronts as part of his “solution” to the growing debt crisis.
The president’s favorite approach is to talk about the “wealthiest Americans.” In his speech on April … Read more>
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Heaven and Hell
May 11, 2011 | by Gary S. Smith | Topic: The Content of Character
Heaven and hell are in the news and on Americans’ minds a lot lately. “Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back” is currently number one on The New York Times Best … Read more>
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Young Bill and the Navy SEALs
May 9, 2011 | by Lee Wishing | Topic: The DNA of Greatness
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine.
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Inflation: Food, Fuel, and the Fed
May 9, 2011 | by Mark W. Hendrickson | Topic: The Path to Freedom
As Americans increasingly feel the pinch of higher prices for food and fuel, the Federal Reserve’s QE2 policy of creating more money has been called into question. Asked if the Fed bore some responsibility for these vexing price increases, Fed … Read more>
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What Would Jesus Cut?
May 6, 2011 | by Shawn Ritenour | Topic: The Content of Character, The Path to Freedom
That is the question asked by the left-leaning Christian organization, Sojourners, in its campaign of the same name. It is a most appropriate question given the battle over the budget and given this time of year, not long after the … Read more>
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A Report from Tuscaloosa’s Ground Zero
May 4, 2011 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The DNA of Greatness
The Warrior River borders the University of Alabama campus, separating old Tuscaloosa from up-scale housing developments to the north. Tuscaloosans know a “north of the river” address connotes six-figure incomes. The schools, public and private, are excellent. It’s the country … Read more>
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Bush, Obama, and Osama: America’s Hour of Choosing
May 2, 2011 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
“In Bin Laden Announcement, Echoes of 2007 Obama Speech,” declared the headline in The New York Times. It’s difficult to find a newspaper that has demonstrated a worst pro-Obama and anti-Bush bias than The New York Times, especially when … Read more>
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Richard the Hybrid Student
May 2, 2011 | by Lee Wishing | Topic: The Battle for the Mind
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine.
