On June 5, 2018, Dr. Thomas S. Kidd discussed “The Enigma of Ben Franklin’s Faith” during the Center’s quarterly American Founders Luncheon Series.
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Helping America’s Children
Countless Americans are expressing outrage at the separation of almost 2,000 children from their parents who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in a recent six-week period. Leading Republicans have joined the chorus of Democrats who are denouncing this policy. Columnist … Continue reading
Running with the Devil on the Highway to Heaven: A review of Rock Gets Religion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at National Review Online. ‘Start the song already! It’s driving me crazy!” yelled my father from the living room after he lost patience with the gradually building, repetitive intro to Rush’s “Cygnus X-1 Book One: … Continue reading
Foundations and Attributes
Editor’s note: On May 18, 2018 Grove City College Chair of the Board of Trustees, David Rathburn, gave the following address to the trustees, administrators, faculty, trustee scholar winners, and retirees at Grove City College. A year ago I stood … Continue reading
1968: A Year of Lost Innocence
This weekend, I will celebrate the 50th anniversary of my high school graduation with most of the surviving classmates of the Cranbrook School Class of 1968. They became accomplished men (it was an all-boys school then), whose greatest common achievement … Continue reading
50 years ago: An assassination that shook America
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. It was 50 years ago today that a shocking moment of violence rocked America: the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The tragedy erupted shortly after midnight June 5, 1968, at … Continue reading
Colorado’s “Half-Baked” Decision Nixed by the Supreme Court
At the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered a long-awaited opinion concerning Jack Phillips, the Christian baker who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop located in Lakewood, Colorado, west of Denver. Kennedy and the court ruled in favor of Phillips, … Continue reading
V&V Q&A: The Big Picture: The Science, Politics, and Economics of Climate Change
Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. This latest edition of “V&V Q&A” is an interesting discussion with author Dr. Mark Hendrickson about his new e-book: “The Big … Continue reading
Memo from Jeff Bezos: Forget Work-Life Balance
Jeff Bezos made an outlandish and seemingly illogical statement recently. No, it wasn’t in response to President Donald Trump’s assault on Amazon with reference to the U.S. Postal Service being short-changed. After speaking about his business philosophy, the origin of … Continue reading
Memorial Day Reflections, 2018
If there ever was a day in the American calendar that invites reflection, it is Memorial Day. As we pause to remember and honor the hundreds of thousands of our compatriots who have laid down their lives while serving in … Continue reading
With God and Richard Pipes
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator.The most respected academic authority on the Russian Revolution, 20thcentury communism, and the Cold War has died. He was Richard Pipes, longtime professor of Russian history at Harvard, and a remarkable … Continue reading
V&V Q&A: “The New England Watch and Ward Society:” A Conversation with author P.C. Kemeny
Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. This latest edition of “V&V Q&A” is an intriguing discussion with author Dr. P.C. Kemeny about his new book: The New England … Continue reading
2018 — Annual Conference — Video — “World War I’s Most Wicked Legacy: Russian Bolshevism and International Communism”
Dr. Paul Kengor delivers the dinner lecture during the 2018 Center for Vision & Values annual conference: World War I and the Shaping of the Modern World.
2018 — Annual Conference — Video — “Tolkien, Lewis, and the Great War”
Dr. Joseph Loconte delivers the keynote address at the 2018 Center for Vision & Values annual conference: World War I and the Shaping of the Modern World.
2018 — Annual Conference — Video — “The Aftermath of World War I”
Dr. George Nash kicks off the 2018 Center for Vision & Values annual conference: World War I and the Shaping of the Modern World.
Homeland: Art Imitating Life
“All theory is gray. But forever green is the tree of life.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I have enjoyed every season of the TV series “Homeland.” Writers and producers surely anticipated Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 election because season six … Continue reading
The Grove City Bill: A President vs. Congress
We wrote earlier about the Grove City College Supreme Court case (Grove City College v. Bell) in which the high court ruled that any “financial assistance” used by students and their families to pay for their education at Grove City College made the college a … Continue reading
Speech, Art, and the Masterpiece Cakeshop
The culture wars will flare up again when the Supreme Court soon decides whether Colorado baker Jack Phillips may refuse to bake cakes for same-sex weddings. Charlie Craig and David Mullins sued the baker after he declined their cake request … Continue reading
Marx’s Apologists Should Be Red in the Face
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Wall Street Journal. May 5 marked the bicentennial of Karl Marx, who set the stage with his philosophy for the greatest ideological massacres in history. Or did he? He did, but deniers … Continue reading
Marx at 200: Classical Marxism vs. Cultural Marxism
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. This Saturday, May 5, marks the bicentennial of Karl Marx’ birth, a cause for literal celebration in certain quarters of the academy. It’s often charged among the political right that … Continue reading