The Center for Vision & Values
Thursday, May 17, 2012
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on May 17, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Economists and pundits alike are going wild over the United Kingdom’s recent “double dip” recession. The 2008-09 recession prompted the election of a conservative coalition led by Prime Minister David…...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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on May 10, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. Congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) is being heavily criticized for comments alleging that certain Democratic members of Congress…...
Saturday, May 05, 2012
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on May 5, 2012 at 06:34 am
President Barack Obama’s five-point plan for turning the war back to the Afghans is designed to cover the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces and “forge a just and lasting…...
Friday, April 27, 2012
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on April 27, 2012 at 05:15 am
We can’t drill our way to energy independence. Or so proclaims the president and many of his supporters. Here in Pennsylvania, the proclamation rings hollow; we are in the midst…...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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on April 19, 2012 at 10:39 am
Something wonderful unfolded in American politics the last few days. Almost immediately after Rick Santorum dropped out of the Republican presidential hunt, David Axelrod and the Obama reelection team unleashed…...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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on April 17, 2012 at 10:58 am
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com With Rick Santorum having dropped out of the race, Mitt Romney is apparently the Republican nominee for POTUS, barring…...
Friday, April 13, 2012
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on April 13, 2012 at 07:51 am
“I love Fidel Castro,” said Florida Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen to Time magazine. “A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that…...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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on April 12, 2012 at 02:12 am
When President Obama made his famous declaration about how he was confident that “that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a…...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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on April 11, 2012 at 09:25 am
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans who despair of Washington ever cutting waste from its trillion dollar defense/homeland security budget can take heart from pollster Scott Rasmussen's book The People's Money:…...
Monday, April 09, 2012
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on April 9, 2012 at 11:42 am
President Obama recently complained about the possibility of the Supreme Court striking down Obamacare. He used the term “unprecedented” and was critical of “judicial activism” engaged in by “unelected” judges.…...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
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on April 4, 2012 at 10:48 am
America anxiously awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare. At the core of the decision is a simple question: Is the “individual mandate” in Obamacare constitutional? And thus, is Obamacare…...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
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on April 3, 2012 at 01:09 pm
As Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ this Easter, heaven is naturally on the minds of many. Recent polls indicate that between 75 and 90 percent…...
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on April 3, 2012 at 08:50 am
There is a widely held view that Congress has virtually unlimited power to legislate, especially concerning economic matters. Consider, for example, the passage of the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable…...
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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on March 31, 2012 at 07:31 pm
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Neither Porter nor his firm are involved in the ACA litigation. This summer, the Supreme Court will…...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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on March 27, 2012 at 12:19 pm
On March 19, speaking at a Morris Township, New Jersey Democratic Party fundraiser, Vice President Joe Biden provided what may be the mother of all election year bumper stickers when…...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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on March 22, 2012 at 12:12 am
Many Pennsylvanians who follow politics want the Keystone State’s presidential primary to matter. They observe the candidates in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and elsewhere holding rallies, visiting local diners,…...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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on March 20, 2012 at 10:57 am
Realizing that his popularity may decline as the price of gasoline rises, President Obama is barnstorming the country, emphatically insisting that drilling for more oil isn’t the cure for high…...
Sunday, March 18, 2012
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on March 18, 2012 at 12:44 am
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. The question for Republicans right now seems obvious: Would you prefer Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney to…...
Thursday, March 15, 2012
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on March 15, 2012 at 05:32 pm
Can a viral video on the internet bring the world’s most wanted criminal to justice? This question is at the core of a video viewed more than 77 million times…...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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on March 13, 2012 at 08:54 am
Reform in America’s public schools occurs with seemingly glacial slowness. In the private sector, businesses (including schools) that provide a lousy product quickly lose customers. They either correct their deficiencies…...
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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on March 10, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Contemporary liberals fondly recall their progressive forebears from a century past, who railed against trusts and fought for social justice. Certainly, their forebears did much to make them proud; after…...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
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on March 6, 2012 at 01:05 am
Late in the summer of 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked the Air Force to plan a nuclear first strike on the Soviet Union. The plan involved 55 B-52 bombers…...
Thursday, March 01, 2012
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on March 1, 2012 at 11:39 am
Much ink has flowed over the recent apologies from President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and General John Allen, commander of NATO forces…...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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on February 28, 2012 at 11:44 am
In case you didn’t notice…. With George W. Bush out of office and a Democrat in the White House, the secular media stopped its handwringing over the president mentioning God.…...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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on February 22, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. The secular world today trembles and shudders at the sight of Rick Santorum speaking on good…...
Monday, February 20, 2012
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on February 20, 2012 at 06:16 pm
Editor’s Note: The "V&V Q&A" is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. In this latest edition, professor of political science and executive director…...
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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on February 16, 2012 at 10:18 am
Last Friday, President Obama responded to Catholic bishops' concerns over his controversial mandate compelling Catholic institutions to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals. Many media sources reported Obama’s action as…...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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on February 14, 2012 at 09:05 am
Amidst the hoopla, cheers, and ear-piercing whistles of enthusiastic approval for Republican presidential nominees at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, several themes emerged. The most important of these centered…...
Monday, February 13, 2012
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on February 13, 2012 at 11:43 am
I've gotten some very interesting emails regarding President Obama's mandate commanding Roman Catholics (and many evangelical Protestants) to violate their consciences by providing mandatory contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals. The…...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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on February 8, 2012 at 01:19 pm
Editor's note: Dr. Kengor will be a participant in an April 19-20 conference hosted by The Center for Vision & Values on “The Challenge 2012: The Divided Conservative Mind.” …...
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