Last Saturday I dropped off my two oldest sons and their friend at the theatre. I planned to kill a couple of hours at the bookstore, on my laptop, at a coffee shop, whatever. When I got out of the … Continue reading
Winston Churchill’s Darkest Hour
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The Big Button
“Heck, I reckon you wouldn’t even be human beings if you didn’t have some pretty strong personal feelings about nuclear combat.” —King Kong, Major, USAF (from Dr. Strangelove) In 1964, when I was a college freshman, all healthy male students without … Continue reading
Worms, Inequality, and North Korea
Possibly the greatest inequities in human history have been made in the name of liberation and equality.Communism, with its ideological zeal and concentration of power, created a ruling class distinguished by its power and its access to luxury. No other … Continue reading
The Political Intrigue of 1968—Fifty Years and Counting
My political interests were sparked at age 11, half a century ago, during one of the most interesting campaign seasons in recent American history. In my home we had neither a newspaper nor a news magazine. Our television reception was … Continue reading
The Center for Vision & Values Presents: Top 10 of 2017
2017 has been a fantastic year for The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. We celebrated an all-time high in website traffic, an exponential growth in social media, and a record number of email subscribers. These accomplishments … Continue reading
R.C. Sproul’s Lasting Influence and Profound Wisdom: A Grove City College Tribute
Editor’s note: On December 14, Christian theologian and founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries R.C. Sproul went home to be with the Lord at the age of 78. Throughout his decades of service, Sproul impacted thousands of lives through his … Continue reading
Freedom of Speech and Forced Union Payments: Janus v. AFSCME
Unions have been on the decline since 1954—which was their high point in membership as a percentage of the workforce. Today, unions represent a paltry 6.4 % of private sector employees. Their real strength in membership and funding is the … Continue reading
No Neutral Ground: The Problem of Net Neutrality
On November 21, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans to revisit its Obama-era internet regulations. It seems likely that the resulting vote will repeal the policies often referred to as net neutrality. The name is, perhaps, misleading; to support net … Continue reading
Just What the Doctor Ordered
While the Republican Congress remains paralyzed over how to repeal and replace Obamacare, recent activity among two of the healthcare industry’s largest players could signal a new approach to delivering access to affordable healthcare. CVS, the nation’s largest pharmacy chain, … Continue reading
Conservatives Caught Between Bush and Trump
The U.S. Senate primary in Alabama among Roy Moore, Luther Strange and Mo Brooks was nothing more and nothing less than what is playing out within the Republican Party nationally. Right or wrong, good or bad, Luther Strange represented the … Continue reading
Remembering Fidel Castro’s Death
Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. This past week marked the anniversary of the death of Fidel Castro, our hemisphere’s worst dictator for a half century. When we remember Castro’s death, we … Continue reading
The Kremlin, LBJ, and the JFK Assassination
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. President Trump recently authorized a mass declassification of documents relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Among the material subsequently released, one document that instantly grabbed … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Day thoughts, 2017
Thanksgiving Day is the traditional American holiday when we are given the opportunity to pause from our normal routines and take time to count our blessings. It can be a fun and refreshing time, full of family, feasts, and football. … Continue reading
Celebrating Universal Children’s Day
The celebration of United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day on November 20 should prompt us to consider the plight of the world’s children and commit ourselves to working to give them a better life. The UN established this day in 1954 … Continue reading
A Haven in the Opioid Crisis
Our nation is experiencing an opioid crisis. Currently more than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to either opioid pain relievers or heroin. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid-related deaths have more than quadrupled since 1999. All … Continue reading
Birthday of a Bloodbath
A version of this article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. This October-November 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia—the bloody communist state that would produce a political-ideological killing spree unlike any the … Continue reading
Underneath the Bridge: Abandoned Babies in Communist China
The New York Times recently ran an article on how the lives of Chinese women were made “much better” under communism. It was a shocking article, prompting a number of rebuttals. The article made me think back to my time in China and … Continue reading
Do No Harm: What Would Hippocrates Think?
A core tenet of the pledge taken by all physicians is their promise first and foremost to do no harm. A physician’s vow to care for patients in a manner which does not cause physical, mental, or emotional harm has … Continue reading
VIDEO — 2017 — 11th Annual Ronald Reagan Lecture — “Peggy Grande: The Reagan You Didn’t See”
In the 11th Annual Ronald Reagan Lecture, “The Reagan You Didn’t See,” best-selling Reagan biographer and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College, Dr. Paul Kengor, interviews special guest Peggy Grande. Grande is an author … Continue reading
Colorado’s “Half-baked” Decision: The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
Who would have guessed that the religious liberty and free-speech rights of Americans would be tested in a dispute over the baking of a wedding cake? A case will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this term involving whether … Continue reading