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Why boost funding for our failed public schools?

Monday, 29 November 2010 15:39 by Joseph C. Phillips
(Centennial Fellow) We, the American public, hold it as an article of faith that those responsible for devising and implementing public policy have our best interests at heart.  Our best minds are hard at work, striving to make the world a bette... [More]
Categories:   Education
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Good intentions pave the road to hellacious policies

Monday, 29 November 2010 15:34 by Jay Ambrose
(Centennial Fellow) Good intentions will get you if you don't watch out. That's true of the invasion of the body scanners, of minimum wage laws, of some welfare programs and -- please don't forget it -- a supposedly altruistic push by federal agencie... [More]
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Categories:   Politics
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If you doubt American exceptionalism, remember Berlin

Monday, 29 November 2010 15:24 by Joe Gschwendtner
('76 Contributor) When Mamoru Shigemitsu, the Japanese foreign affairs minister, signed the surrender papers on board the USS Missouri in 1945, the drama of World War II drew to a close.  The end of the war set the stage for another great play &... [More]
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Categories:   America | History
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Suhail Khan's benign resume conceals sinister ties

Monday, 29 November 2010 15:14 by Susan Brown
('76 Contributor) As the Republicans take the House and try to regain control of those issues so many Americans felt were detrimental to the country, many conservative Christians are awaiting the political and financial rebound. As we watch the excha... [More]

TSA searches make you wonder if terrorists have won

Monday, 29 November 2010 02:30 by Mike Moore
(CCU Student) If you’re traveling this Holiday season prepare to be “thoroughly” examined. The rules have changed at airports and you no longer have to only take of your belt, shoes, coat, and remove your laptop and toiletries from ... [More]

Thanksgiving Day 2010: Lucky, deserving, or blessed?

Saturday, 20 November 2010 15:46 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Nov. 21) America has a memory problem.  Most of us couldn’t tell you who our great-grandparents were.  Most people who live in Denver, Parker, Thornton, or Greeley couldn’t tell you who their hometown was named aft... [More]

Right wing road trip: Franklin's journal of YAF weekend

Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:11 by Bela Franklin
This weekend I am fortunate enough, along with my schoolmate, Drew Goorabian, to represent Colorado Christian University at The Young America’s Foundation’s West Coast Leadership Conference at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara.  Thro... [More]

At the Reagan Ranch with conservatives from 100 campuses

Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:03 by Drew Goorabian
“The youth of our country is our greatest strength. The fact is that we are still young; the country is only a few centuries old. However, it is full of youthful idealism that will return us to greatness. "These words, spoken by Senator el... [More]

Deficit commission's plan has America-saving potential

Wednesday, 17 November 2010 13:18 by Jay Ambrose
(Centennial Fellow) For an example of the genius of a recently floated, reform-government, multi-trillion-dollar debt-reduction plan, look at how it would salvage Social Security while simultaneously tickling the fancies of experts left and right.&nb... [More]

What's so great about Islam, Mr. President?

Tuesday, 16 November 2010 15:38 by Greg Schaller
(CCU Faculty) In a speech on Nov. 7 during his recent trip India, President Obama stated: “The phrase jihad has a lot of meaning within Islam and is subject to a lot of different interpretations, but I will say that first Islam is one... [More]
Categories:   Islam | Jihad | Obama | Religion
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