When I commented in March about President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on imported steel, I was hoping that he would back off from imposing tariffs on our allies. That is because the danger to our national security isn’t steel or … Continue reading
Media & Culture
George Cahill’s New Constellation
George Cahill was a man with a higher mission fixed to the skies. He volunteered to fight in World War II at the earliest possible age: 17-and-a-half. Both parents signed off, and he headed to gunnery school in Las Vegas. … Continue reading
Please, Don’t Counsel Them
If you are a football fan, and perhaps even if you are not, you have read the allegation that current Ohio State head football coach, Urban Meyer, and athletic director, Gene Smith, knowingly employed an assistant coach, Zach Smith, who … Continue reading
Dr. Paul Kengor on “The Mark Levin Show”
“Professor Paul Kengor is a friend of mine … A professor at the great Grove City College.” —Mark Levin In case you missed it, Dr. Paul Kengor, executive director of the Center for Vision & Values, was a guest on … Continue reading
FBI Agent Peter Strzok: I Checked My Beliefs at the Door
Peter Strzok, the former deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI, testified on July 12 before two House Committees. In his opening statement, he said: “Let me be clear, unequivocally and under oath: Not once in my … Continue reading
Supreme Court Vacancy — V&V Executive Director on The Bill Bennett Show
oining Bill on this episode of the show is Paul Kengor, author, professor of political science at Grove City College, and the executive director of The Center for Vision & Values. They discussed the Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy retiring and … Continue reading
A Victory for Freedom and the Pro-Life Movement
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Crisis Magazine. The pro-life movement celebrates this Independence Day 2018 with a big victory at the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s a victory for freedom. In yet another narrow decision, this one titled, National … Continue reading
So Much to Teach — So Much to Learn
Shortly after leaving home last summer for a relaxing week at the beach, I noticed a white sports car in our rear view mirror, approaching with great speed. My guess is that they were doing triple digits. I said a … Continue reading
Integrity-Gate
When I finished my graduate study and moved out of Buffalo, NY to take my first full-time professional job at the University of Missouri, I called my telephone company to discontinue my landline service. After being put on hold while … Continue reading
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
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
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
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 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
Coaches Paul Bryant and Joe Paterno in Retrospect
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” —William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” Alabama football Coach Paul Bryant’s career ended with the 1982 season, his 25th season at Alabama. Reportedly he told close … Continue reading