Perspectives

Perspectives

Notre Dame’s Honorary Degrees

ome of President Obama’s supporters have
attempted to justify the honorary degree given him by Notre Dame by
comparing it to an honorary degree given by the same university to
the newly elected President George W. Bush. The cases are in no way
equivalent.

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Queering Elementary Education

We expected liberal appointments to executive positions in an Obama administration, but it was still startling to learn that Education Secretary
Arne Duncan had actually appointed Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), to be Assistant Deputy
Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.

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Wing and a Prayer

It is said that freedom is not free. The wise person knows this to be true. However, it takes more than wisdom to know the exact value. If anyone knows the price, it is the men of the 101st Airborne Division.

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Defending an Exceptional History

Truly, now more than ever, students cannot let their education end with college graduation, particularly when institutions of higher learning are increasingly sacrificing bodies of knowledge for reams of interpretation.

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The Acquitted Elite

He once rubbed elbows with cop-killing terrorists. But on Tuesday Barack Obama was surrounded by representatives of the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) as he honored 33 U.S. law enforcement officers, including some who had risked their lives to capture terrorists.

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