The Sequester and the New Washington Reality
President Obama insists that he’s prepared for a fight over the sequester with House Republicans. But his remarks read less like a politician scrapping for a fight than one who’s had a troubling...
View ArticleWell Done, Lady Thatcher … The Passing of the Iron Lady
[This piece by Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College (and a former classmate of mine at the University of Pittsburgh), is used with permission. It was first published at...
View ArticleFarewell to the Iron Lady
With the exception of Lech Walesa, the last of the great Cold War heroes has died. Former Prime Minister of Great Britain Lady Margaret Thatcher, age 87, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013, following a...
View ArticleOn Leadership and Integrity
Amidst the swirl of scandals now consuming the Obama administration, one may find it instructive to reflect on eras during which our country was ruled by men of impeccable integrity and steadfast...
View ArticleMike Lee And The GOP’s Lessons From The Godfather
Mike Lee gave an interesting speech at the Heritage Foundation yesterday – the text is here. This line sticks out to me: “If our generation of conservatives wants to enjoy our own defining triumph, our...
View ArticleJFK and the Moon: Anatomy of a Historic Decision
Sadly, President John F. Kennedy did not live to experience the positive emotional and geopolitical outcomes of his decision to challenge the country to go to the Moon. The tragic events of November...
View ArticleGoogle’s Robots and Creeping Militarization
Google CEO Larry Page has rapidly positioned Google to become an indispensable U.S. military contractor. Google recently purchased Boston Dynamics, a robotics pioneer that produces amazing humanoid...
View ArticlePutin’s Gift to America’s Energy Independence
The ongoing crisis in the Ukraine stirred much public interest and great lessons are learned by the March 7, article “Putin’s Real Great Game: Energy Imperialism” by Peter Glover. Russia’s annexation...
View ArticleTroubling Parallels: New Math De Ja Vu and the Common Core
Storm clouds have been gathering around the Common Core for some time. Until now, most of the critical attention has been on the political ramifications of the program, that it centralizes and...
View ArticleDepends on When You Were Born
My Father was born in 1901 and was too young for World War One and too old to serve in World War Two. A gentle, quiet man, he would have been a terrible soldier. My older brother, however, was inducted...
View ArticleDid Communism Really Fall in Europe, or Were People Tricked into Believing it...
On September 28, 2016, Robert Buchar – associate professor of cinematography at Columbia College in Chicago – spoke at The Heartland Institute about his film, The Collapse of Communism: The Untold...
View ArticleThe 25th Anniversary of the End of the Soviet Union
December 24, 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the formal end of the Soviet Union as a political entity on the map of the world. A quarter of a century ago, the curtain was lowered on the 75-year...
View ArticleGive Thanks for Prosperity
This is the time to give thanks, and I hope that your family has much to be thankful for this year. Thanksgiving offers a time to reflect on the prosperity we enjoy. Most humans throughout history...
View ArticleLuxembourg and EU-US Trade Relations
It was amusing, yesterday, to see the President of the United States with his counter-part from the EU, a Luxembourgian. Luxembourg is a tiny country in Europe squeezed among Germany, France, Belgium...
View ArticleIrony Alert! ‘Progressive’ Democrats Embrace Obsolete Socialism
Karl Marx’s brand of socialism, an unequivocal disaster that has produced mass poverty, tyranny, and untold deaths, is mounting a comeback among so-called “liberal progressive” Democrats. A recent...
View ArticleClassroom Forecast: Miseducated with a High Chance of Indoctrination
“‘Education is Political’: Neutrality in the Classroom Shortchanges Students” read a recent headline on the National Education Association website. What the teachers union is essentially saying is that...
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