The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on February 24, 2022, in Naples, Florida. WHEN I was researching my biography of economist Thomas Sowell, I kept coming across Sowell’s own descriptions of scholars he admired, and I was often struck by how well those descriptions applied to Sowell … More The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

Abortion Laws across the Globe and at Home

Given the ongoing evolution of abortion law in the United States, it makes sense to engage and evaluate the constitutions and laws of other jurisdictions. Although these sources and materials do not determine the meaning of our Constitution, they can illuminate our scientific, medical, and ethical debate… Continued @ Source: Abortion Laws across the Globe … More Abortion Laws across the Globe and at Home

Can We Rely on Wind and Solar?

How Much Energy Will the World Need? Are we heading toward an all-renewable energy future, spearheaded by wind and solar? Or are those energy sources wholly inadequate for the task? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Cloud Revolution, compares the energy dream to the energy reality. Watch Now

Education/Parenting in America – Various Sources – 03/16/2022

Disney Attacks Parental Rights in Education – Florida Governor Defends It Christian Professor Suspended and Barred from Campus for Criticism of Concordia University’s ‘Wokeness’  Wisconsin Teachers Instructed to Hide Students’ Gender Identities from Parents  Taking seriously the threats posed by CRT ‘Whose Children Are They?’ Film Coming to Theaters and Churches  Sponsor of Maryland Bill That … More Education/Parenting in America – Various Sources – 03/16/2022

Student faces attacks for reading Bible

Student faces attacks for reading Bible in Florida school, science teacher called him ‘ignorant’: lawsuit A 14-year-old Christian student in Florida, who was allegedly told to stop taking his Bible to school after he was repeatedly attacked and bullied by students and teachers alike for his faith, has filed a lawsuit “seeking significant damages because … More Student faces attacks for reading Bible

Immunizing Students from Bad Ideas

Many Christian parents worry about passing on the faith to their children. Sadly, statistics suggest they should. In 2020, the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found that just 2% of millennials, a generation now well into adulthood, have a biblical worldview. That’s the lowest of any generation since surveys began. Lifeway Research reports that two-thirds of … More Immunizing Students from Bad Ideas