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Arthur Brooks on "The Road to Freedom" - Washington Week Trip

Monday, 21 May 2012 09:58 by Bela Franklin
Wednesday night, Washington, D.C. – American Enterprise Institute & Heritage Foundation scholars, media members, writers, donors, Congressmen gather along with 20 CCU Washington Week students & faculty.  The occasion; Arthur Brooks... [More]

Cincinnatus-like Service or a Principled Retreat?

Monday, 21 May 2012 05:43 by Bela Franklin
  My time in D.C. with the CCU and Centennial Institute Washington Week clan began with not the greatest of surprises – after driving 1,670 miles from Denver my car’s fuel pump failed just twenty miles short of our destination. ... [More]

Conservatives, it's time to embrace your candidate

Friday, 10 February 2012 12:05 by Bela Franklin
  (CCU Student) Before Tuesday, many conservatives were left scratching their heads.  After a 2008 primary that netted them a lukewarm-at-best McCain Presidential bid, conservatives vowed to never again let themselves be so poorly represent... [More]
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Arthur Brooks provides statistical reinforcement for God's marital dynamic

Monday, 7 November 2011 07:10 by Bela Franklin
  As a Conservative I hold to certain facets of marriage; these include, but are not limited to, the positive social and economic effects of same-sex marriages on spouses and their children.  As a Christian, I am aware of the more beautiful... [More]
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Rubin's experience sheds new light on terrorism

Friday, 28 October 2011 13:22 by Bela Franklin
America has been blessed with great peace.  This is the gracious realization I felt, standing before David Rubin as he described the constant horrors of terrorism in his hometown of Shiloh, Israel, in a speech at CCU on Oct. 24.  David... [More]

Occupy Denver: An abyss of envy and blame

Wednesday, 26 October 2011 05:13 by Bela Franklin
It is in times like these that I wish I were a great mind, well versed in psychological theory.  But then again, I feel Freud himself would struggle to rationalize the behavior of most Occupy Wall Street members.  On a recent Saturday, eigh... [More]

The Most Dangerous Movie of 2011

Thursday, 10 February 2011 13:18 by Bela Franklin
(CCU Student) Recently, I was able to attend the first public showing of “I Am”, a documentary film directed, conceived and funded by Tom Shadyac.  Mr. Shadyac was able to fund his film through his enormous success in directing block... [More]

How should we respond to the Arizona murders?

Monday, 17 January 2011 16:23 by Bela Franklin
(CCU Student) A terrible thing happened in Tucson on Jan. 8.  A crazed man shot and killed six people and injured fourteen, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D, Arizona) and a Federal Judge. Most poignant, of the six murdered, is the ... [More]
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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]

Middle America loves Wal-Mart, even if the left doesn't

Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:07 by Bela Franklin
It is increasingly rare to find a report in the media that shows America’s largest employer, Wal-Mart, or any large corporation for that matter, in a positive or even neutral light.  A loud minority have waged a cultural and public war aga... [More]
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