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Is There A Path Forward For Newspapers?
In “The Newspaper-Web War,” Slate presents an historically informed and stimulating piece on the historical battle between newspapers and radio in the early part of the last century. There are certainly corollaries we can draw from the original fight for newspapers’ lives as they struggled with radio newscasts that “stole” their content in the same [...]
The Meat Matters
Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University and blogger for The Chronicle, penned a thoughtful post last week on, as he puts it, “the decline of the great tradition of American oratory.” Mr. Bauerlein argues that most political speeches are today little more than vacuous cheerleading sessions.
Specifically, he highlights Ronald Reagan’s 1964 Republican Convention [...]
Peter Robinson On ‘The Loss Of Individual Liberty’
Peter Robinson, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Forbes columnist, writes that the challenge for our generation in politics is to “keep our liberty” by building upon the intellectual defense of freedom offered by Milton Friedman, Bill Buckley and other 20th century luminaries.
Forbes – The Loss of Individual Liberty – 11/14/08 – Over [...]
Adolescence, Underachievement & Incentives
Newt Gingrich declares that it’s time to end adolescence and rediscover the value in moving our children from childhood directly to young adulthood. Mr. Gingrich writes in Business Week:
Newt Gingrich: Let’s End Adolescence: Adolescence was invented in the 19th century to enable middle-class families to keep their children out of sweatshops. But it has degenerated [...]
A Virtuous Citizenry, Vital To A Free Republic
It’s a question that goes back to the founding of our nation: should we urge all citizens to vote simply because they have the right, or should there be a greater focus on promoting an informed electorate?
Let’s say we have two citizens, the first who is very familiar with the history of the United States [...]
Thoughts On The ‘Estate Tax’
The estate tax is, without a doubt, one of the most insidious means of government confiscation and forced redistribution of our citizen’s private wealth. The estate tax — also derisively called the “death tax” — robs citizens of nearly 50 percent of their earned wealth at the time of their death.
Princella Smith of American Solutions [...]
The Amethyst Initative’s Supporters & Detractors
The Amethyst Initiative, a proposal by more than 100 American college presidents to “rethink the drinking age” has been a topic of conversation for weeks. At Penn State, interestingly, President Graham Spanier has come out strongly against the initiative’s proposal to engage in an “informed and dispassionate public debate.”
On the other hand, Ohio State University [...]
Michael Novak On ‘The End of the Secularist Age’
Michael Novak, an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, author and diplomat recently caught my attention for a newly published book, called No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers.
Mr. Novak offers, I think, compelling commentary on the very dynamic state of religious peoples and the rest, including secular humanists, atheists, etc. I [...]
Self Governance Versus Government Control
As the headlines and columns pile up on issues ranging from smoking bans to trans fat prosecution to live monitoring by city cameras, one has to wonder what has become of the freedom loving U.S.A.
Are we bringing our children up to cherish liberty and value freedom above government intervention in our lives? Do we still [...]
Burnie Thompson in The Washington Times on the ‘Crist Tryst’
I’ve written before here about Burnie Thompson and my thoughts on his impressive talk radio show down on the Florida panhandle. He has a unique ability to cut to the heart of an issue with grace and good humor, fostering a genuine dialog in pursuit of truth on the issues of the day.
That prudence and [...]
