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Prairie Fire in the Classroom: Bill Ayers’s Bloodless Revolution — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen
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Prairie Fire in the Classroom: Bill Ayers’s Bloodless Revolution — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

"We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution." ---Bill Ayers, Weather Underground leader, in a 2006 speech at the World Economic Forum in Caracas, Venezuela "John Dewey…
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In Honor Of Catholic Theologian Reverend Donald J Keefe, SJ — Guest Post by John Kelleher
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In Honor Of Catholic Theologian Reverend Donald J Keefe, SJ — Guest Post by John Kelleher

New York farm boy, naval officer, lawyer, Catholic priest, and systematic (i.e. dogmatic) theologian Rev. Donald J. Keefe, SJ died recently. Vols. I & II of his work, Covenantal Theology,…
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Take Burnham’s Test To See If You’re A Progressive: <em>Suicide of the West</em> at 50
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Take Burnham’s Test To See If You’re A Progressive: Suicide of the West at 50

This classic column appeared in July 2015. Besides some editing, I would now change 'liberal' to 'progressive', which I have done in the title. I made no other change. See…
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It’s Controversial — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen
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It’s Controversial — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

Let's consider the word "controversial." According to Merriam-Webster it is "of, relating to, or arousing controversy." "Controversy" is defined as "a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views." The…
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Why Most Members Of The Media Are Leftists — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen
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Why Most Members Of The Media Are Leftists — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

Both Barack and Michelle Obama made speeches in which they compared the positive "what is" with the normative "what should be." "There must be no doubt that the United States…
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Can We Contain The Contagion At Universities?
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Can We Contain The Contagion At Universities?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zjckTqh730 There might still be time. We could still save the university. But we must act now! Well, I say this, but I don't believe it. I only say it…
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Politics Trumps Theology in Filial Correction Response

One Peter Five: Politics Trumps Theology in Filial Correction Response What if a man, a man of eminence and of great and well-credentialed education, a man of authority, a priest,…
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Glubb Glubb Glubb: The Noise A Drowning Civilization Makes

Here are excerpts and minor commentary on Lieutenant General Sir John Bagot Glubb's "The Fate of Empires", an essay which describes, at least for the West and for nations closely…
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