Editor’s Note: The “V&V Q&A” is a monthly e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. Each issue will present an interview with an intriguing thinker or opinion-maker that we hope will prove illuminating to readers everywhere. … Continue reading
Military & Foreign Policy
“Peace in Our Time” with the Iraq Study Group
Poor ISG! While its members completed their parade across assorted political platforms during the last month of 2006, their pontifications died faster than a flock of houseflies on a sun-baked window ledge, and with about as much dignity. It’s not … Continue reading
Losing Lives or Face: Time to Leave Iraq
Guest Commentary Saddam Hussein richly deserved his execution, but Iraq is no less a strategic disaster for America because of it. It will be years, if not decades, until the world overcomes all of the consequences of George W. Bush’s … Continue reading
End of Shock and Awe
One of the most notable scenes in Rocky One followed Apollo Creed’s reaction to a lightning punch that sent him reeling to the canvas, his glazed eyes struggling to catch the number of the locomotive that just smashed into his … Continue reading
Iraq and the Ghosts of 1940
As bad news from Iraq assaults viewers with machine gun bursts of gloom every day, predictions about consequences of an American defeat range from the deadly serious to the catastrophic. The elephant-in-the-living-room analogy of course is Vietnam, with its hideous … Continue reading
Apocalyptic Visions
“If the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?”I Corinthians 14:8 Five years ago 19 Islamist Jihadists murdered nearly 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. In carrying out their “martyrdom missions,” … Continue reading
Road from North Korea Leads to Tehran
The law of unintended consequences undoubtedly will be put on bold display over the course of the coming months, or most certainly over the next few years. The reason has to do with the likely ripple effects of North Korea’s … Continue reading
Why the War on Terror Will Not be Won
For five months in 1945, 66 of Japan’s largest cities were laid waste by fleets of B29 Superfortresses, resulting in 8 million homeless and over 2 million casualties (killed and maimed). The commander who ordered this devastation was General Curtis … Continue reading
VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Q&A with Radwan Masmoudi
Note to readers: With this issue, The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College is launching an e-publication called the “V&V Q&A,” a monthly interview with an intriguing thinker or opinion-maker that we hope will prove illuminating to readers … Continue reading
Iran Hostage Crisis, Take 2
Guest Commentary Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times and has been reprinted with the author’s permission. A. Yasmine Rassam is director of international policy at the Independent Women’s Forum. Rassam participated in the April 5-6, … Continue reading
The Clash of Civilizations WITHIN Islam: The Struggle over the Qur’an between Muslim Democrats and Theocrats
Editor’s note: Joseph N. Kickasola, PhD, is professor of International policy at Regent University (VA), with a joint appointment in the schools of Law, Government, and Divinity. A version of this 38-page paper on the clash within Islam, especially its political … Continue reading
WANTED: A Petition to Support Muslim Democrats
A few Jewish organizations, and several Christian radio and television broadcasts, are calling for thousands of their own sympathizers to sign its “Petition to Support Israel.” I share their call for the support of Israel’s democracy, especially at this time … Continue reading
Proportionality in Wars with Terrorists
The scale of violence in warfare inevitably rises to meet the level of objectives. During World War II, Germany’s strategic objectives included dominating Eurasia from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and from the English Channel to the Urals along with … Continue reading
Sheep for the Slaughter: Christians and Jews in the Sights of Islamic Jihadists
Editor’s note: Dr. Earl Tilford is Professor of History and Fellow for the Middle East & Terrorism with the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. He enjoyed an extensive military career and after retiring from the U.S. Air … Continue reading
Why Terrorism? Because it Works
When Hamas terrorists tunneled from Gaza into southern Israel, killed two Israeli soldiers and abducted Corporal Galid Shalit, that probably put the nail in the coffin of any prospect for a peaceful settlement between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority. … Continue reading
Q&A with Michael Novak
Editor’s Note: Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of several bestselling books. Novak participated in a recent conference hosted by The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College titled, “Mr. Jefferson Goes to the … Continue reading
Dinner with Paul Kengor: Reagan, Bush and the March of Freedom
The following dinner lecture was delivered by Dr. Paul Kengor on the evening of April 6, 2006.(Location: Pew Fine Arts Center – Pew Memorial Room) Paul Kengor is the executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove … Continue reading
Women in Iraq and Afghanistan Today
Editor’s Note: A. Yasmine Rassam is director of international policy at the Independent Women’s Forum. Rassam participated in the April 5-6, 2006 conference hosted by The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College titled, “Mr. Jefferson Goes to the Middle East: Democracy’s … Continue reading
A Duel to the Death
War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale. Countless duels go to make up war, but a picture of it as a whole can be formed by imagining a pair of wrestlers. Each tries through physical force to … Continue reading
Another Bush Critic
Editor’s Note: On April 5-6, 2006, The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College hosted its second annual conference, titled, “Mr. Jefferson Goes to the Middle East: Democracy’s Prospects in the Arab World.” A number of views were … Continue reading