Dr. Paul Kengor, the executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College, interviews Dr. Jason R. Edwards, a research fellow with the Center and an associate professor of education and history at Grove City College. He is also a Center fellow in educational policy and in the study of...
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President Obama says the economy is the worst since the Great Depression. Actually, it is the worst since the Reagan recession of 1982-83. Further, the 2009 market crash is not the worst since 1929 but since 1987â€â€also on Ronald Reagan’s watch. What did Reagan doâ€â€or, more importantly, didn’t doâ€â€in response to these “crises?†How...
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Newsflash, March 20, 2009: The Congressional Budget Office today forecast a U.S. budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for this year. For many Americans, including some Democrats, there is tremendous frustration over President Obama’s economic policies. Worse, they know that a huge portion of the public and media so adore Obama that they will not...
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What’s the state of the republicâ€â€Âand its citizensâ€â€Âthis Presidents’ Day 2009? It is a state of deep confusion. Here are some polls to ponder, as America considers presidents past and new. Brace yourself. Before he was elected president, Senator Barack Obama was ranked the most liberal member of a very liberal U.S. Senate by...
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently provided a stark illustration of the fundamentally divergent worldviews of big-government liberalism and free-market conservatism. She told ABC’s George Stephanopoulus of the intention of her and House Democrats to include hundreds of millions of dollars for Planned Parenthood and contraceptives in the economic “stimulus bill.†“Well,...
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Grove City College professor Dr. Paul Kengor interviews Dr. Jeffrey M. Herbener, the chair of the department of economics at Grove City College, on the topic of economic booms and busts. Dr. Paul Kengor: Dr. Herbener, tell us, in short, the difference between how the U.S. government dealt with major economic downturns, including market...
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Last week, before an audience of millions of Americans, the new president made a telling statement. Alluding to the American founders, President Barack Obama, in his Inaugural Address , stated: “The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed...
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As the country considers the inauguration of Barack Obama, I’m mindful of another inauguration that seems a long time ago, and which speaks volumes to the presidential transition we are about to witness. It was a January day in 1999, two hours before George W. Bush was inaugurated into his second term as Texas...
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If you’re looking for a book as a Christmas gift, I suggest an oldie but goodie, and in honor of the fact that it was 20 years ago that this nation quietly honored the subject of the book: a hero, a Cold War spy whose work was so classified that the 1988 ceremony commending...
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The trashing of Sarah Palin continues. Some of the shots have been downright ugly, such as the “Retarded Republican Babies for Sarah Palin†t-shirts. Equally notable, however, is the odd one-two punch of liberal journalists and moderate Republican leakers pounding Palin as a right-wing extremist and dummy. This tandem is responsible for some of...
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A potential big battle has begun, one of special interest to all Christians and guaranteed to generate a lot of attention from all Americans. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a stern warning to president-elect Obama and his incoming administration, highlighting grave concerns over what will happen to unwanted, unborn...
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Old Town Alexandria, Northern Virginiaâ€â€ÂJogging through this gorgeous, historic town the first Saturday after the Tuesday vote, which elected the most leftist presidential candidate in American history, it isn’t difficult to see how the typically Republican state of Virginia went Democrat in 2008. The sheer volume of “Obama-Biden†signs in the windows of BMWs...
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The victory for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party on Tuesday is the death of the pro-life movement as we know it. The pro-life movement has sought to reverse abortion through legislative action and the courts, and made tremendous gains throughout eight years of George W. Bush, just enough to place the nation at...
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“Man,†I cried, “how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom! Cease; you know not what it is you say.†â€â€ÂMary Shelley, Frankenstein, volume III, chapter 7 With the help of Hollywoodâ€â€Âthough often to its detrimentâ€â€ÂMary Shelley’s 19th century classic, Frankenstein, has become one of the most popular fictional works of modern times....
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Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on Barack Obama and Christian voters. (See part 1: God and Barack Obama.) In 2000 and 2004, it was the churchgoing moral-religious “values voters†that made the difference for George W. Bush. Barack Obama hopes to peel off just enough of those voters. What...
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Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series on Barack Obama, his faith, and Christian voters. Let me begin with what I hope is a credibility enhancer: For daring to write a book on the faith of Hillary Clinton, I was questioned by fellow conservatives, especially for calling Mrs. Clinton a “lifelong,...
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In an unexpected, frightening moment in April 1945, Vice President Harry Truman got the news: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was dead. For many Americans who suffered through the Great Depression and World War II, FDR was more than a president; he was their political savior. Now, Truman, a former farmer and failed haberdasher from...
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