Mike Rowe, the Dirty Jobs star and host of How America Works, has recently unloaded on Gen Z. Rowe said that the importance of hard work is on the way out, and we have seen the last days of a … Continue reading
Education & Schools
Restoring Trust in Higher Education: Remembering Ross Foster
Image: (L to R) J. Howard Pew, Charles S. MacKenzie, Ross Foster Ivy League alumni and donors are disgusted and demanding change. They have had enough. The good news is that there is a way forward and it’s buried in a … Continue reading
Confessions of a Former Environmentalist: Five Reasons Why I Gave Up on “Green” Policies
I used to be an environmentalist. I once wrote that “scientists are right about climate change.” I long opposed logging clear-cuts and excessive drilling. I even voted for the Green Party candidate (gasp!) for president. But this long-time supporter of … Continue reading
Grove City Football: The Transforming Power of a Vision
Imagine being the new coach of one of the worst Division III football programs in the country. The program sat at zero wins and 20 losses after back-to-back winless seasons heading into the 2016 campaign, which garnered a national ranking … Continue reading
Henry Kissinger: His Legacy and Controversies
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at National Catholic Register. Henry Kissinger was a legend in foreign policy. Whether you see that impact as positive or negative, for better or worse, depends on where you stand on … Continue reading
The Decline of the King’s College Reflects Western Civilizational Decay
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in National Review. Earlier this month the King’s College in New York City announced it was canceling classes for the fall semester, laying off most of its faculty and staff, and struggling to recover … Continue reading
Moral Hazard as a Way of Life
Moral hazard occurs when an agreement people make to act in concert for their mutual benefit results in an incentive for one of them to act immorally. The classic case is insurance. When an insurance company contracts with a homeowner … Continue reading
Tragic Farce: The Origins and Destiny of Critical Theory
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. Karl Marx once famously commented that Hegel wrote that history repeats itself. Marx then supplemented this by noting that this happens the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. … Continue reading
Learning for Freedom’s Sake (Pt. 2): “Freedom From” vs. “Freedom To”
Grove City College’s historic commitment to freedom is purposely conveyed to each generation of students through our unique core curriculum. We believe that a populace well versed in the classical liberal arts will be one that not only understands the … Continue reading
Learning for Freedom’s Sake, Part 1: The Liberal (Liberating) Arts at Grove City College
For the past couple of years, I have been working with the faculty at Grove City College to assess and review the core curriculum. While the culture at large, and higher education in particular, have been pushing greater and greater … Continue reading
Diamonds are Forever
An object of endless allure and fascination, what can the little diamond teach us about the ‘dismal science’—economics? In this extended essay, Grove City College associate professor of economics, Caleb S. Fuller, offers an economic meditation on this well-beloved precious … Continue reading
To Stupidity and Beyond
“To infinity and beyond!” In November of 1995, the first of four blockbuster animated films in the Toy Story franchise was released by Walt Disney Pictures to both audience and critical acclaim. With Toy Story, astute businesspeople at the Walt … Continue reading
An Incredible Life and Legacy: Remembering Charles Wiley
My old and dear friend and mentor, Charlie Wiley, passed away in his sleep this week. He was 95 years old. If living a long life with your mind intact, your interest in life and its affairs still intense, your … Continue reading
Grove City College as a Christian Liberal Arts College
Grove City College loves the marching band’s trumpet line. As the faculty process into the college chapel for the opening convocation, the trumpet line heralds the beginning of the academic year with Ralph Herman’s Trumpet Fanfares. As faculty and students … Continue reading
Sparks are flying at Grove City College
You’ve heard the old saying from Proverbs “iron sharpens iron.” We feel good about friends transforming one another by principled conversations. Mutual iron sharpening is good stuff. But what about the sparks? Iron sharpening produces heat. We love the old … Continue reading
Do I teach at a Woke School?
“Do I teach at a woke school?” was not a question I seriously considered until one evening last week when I received an email from a friend assuring me of his prayers for me in my workplace. The reason was an article he … Continue reading
Critical Race Theory: Myths, Marxism, and More
Few modern topics have become as divisive as critical race theory, which is no surprise, given that CRT divides. It divides people into groups pitted against one another, into categories of oppressed vs. oppressor. What’s worse, your group defines you. … Continue reading
Parental educational rights and religious liberty: the Yoder case revisited
Throughout the country, parents are concerned that some public schoolboards, administrators, and associations hold them in disdain and fear their input when they raise legitimate questions about the direction of their local schools. Just short of 50 years ago (1972), … Continue reading
Doomed to Marry Beneath Them? Marriage and the Gender Gap in College Education
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Crisis Magazine. The Wall Street Journal recently published a powerful article on the large and growing gap between the numbers of men and women enrolled in American colleges and universities. Enrollments have declined steeply in recent years, … Continue reading
Remembering Dr. John C. Polkinghorne
I was saddened to hear of the death, at age 90, of Rev. Dr. John C. Polkinghorne. An incredibly distinguished scholar, he held so many titles that it was impossible for this American to keep up with them, or to … Continue reading