Religious Liberty Stops at the Schoolhouse Door

June 15th, 2009 by Ken Connor

In public school classrooms across the country, religious liberty is under assault.  Last month in Florida, two Christian student leaders at Pace High School were barred from speaking at their graduation ceremony due to fears they might mention their faith in…

 

Why Don’t Students Like School?

June 12th, 2009 by Dr. Jason R. Edwards

The beginning of June brings the onset of summer vacation for children across the United States. The excitement bubbling in their young hearts is easy to understand yet also offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on why students tend to…

 

Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Ban on Bible-Reading in the Classroom

June 4th, 2009 by LifeSite News

In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that school officials did not violate the free speech rights of a kindergartner and his mother when they refused to allow Donna Busch to read a selection from the Bible…

 

The Blessings of A Catholic Classical Education

May 27th, 2009 by Dr. Andrew Seeley

From the earliest schools established in Florida and California by Spanish missionaries, to the diocesan system begun by Bishop Neumann in Philadelphia, to the schools founded by the Jesuits and other religious orders, Catholic schools have provided students of diverse…

 

Tom Dillon vs. the Relativists

April 27th, 2009 by Dr. Paul Kengor

Last week, as we at Grove City College held a conference on “Faith, Freedom, and Higher Education,” in which we underscored the struggle against rampant secular relativism in our universities, American higher education lost a true apostle of faith and freedom. A…

 

Georgetown University: Another Catholic Contradiction

April 22nd, 2009 by Hugh J. McNichol

Last month Notre Dame University announced it was awarding an honorary doctoral degree to President Obama. Last week, Obama visited another Catholic university at Georgetown and insisted on covering Catholic images considered politically incorrect. This week, Georgetown University intends to…

 

On E.D. Hirsch Jr. and Cultural Literacy

April 17th, 2009 by Dr. Paul Kengor

: The "V&V Q&A" is an e-publication from The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College . Each issue will present an interview with an intriguing thinker or opinion-maker that we hope will prove illuminating to readers everywhere. In this latest…

 

New England Catholic Homeschool Conference

March 9th, 2009 by Karen Lynn Ford

When I was considering home schooling, one concern I had was that the children and I would feel isolated. My husband and I have had seven mailing addresses in our I2 years of marriage. Some of those homes were far…

 

Race Alarmists Hijack Black History Month

February 21st, 2009 by Anthony B. Bradley

Black History Month is like Christmas for race alarmists. It is the perfect time to unwrap the results of racial disparity studies to imply some sort of institutional racism.

A recent example is a study titled Reviving the Goal of an…

 

A Miracle in Boston

February 18th, 2009 by G. Tracy Mehan, III

I love the Jesuits. I pray for their conversion daily.

Maybe my prayers are going to be answered. While lounging in my hotel room last week, on a business trip to Boston, I was jolted, upright, by the TV news announcer…

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