Perspectives

Republican congressmen are now staging sit-ins reminiscent of the hippy protests of Vietnam—except instead of flower children holding “make love, not war” signs, these weathered politicians have gathered to rail against the Democrats’ refusal to address the energy crisis.

An AP story about the growing number of states walking away from federal abstinence funding is being hailed by some as a death knell for the abstinence movement.

The August/September edition of Reason, a libertarian publication dedicated to Free Minds and Free Markets, ranks the 35 “worst nanny-state cities in America.”

Several schools would receive a “B” or higher if this were an examination, and thus merit inclusion in this survey of Excellent American Colleges and Universities. Here they are, with a few brief insights.

Is Generation Y going to cast informed votes, and if their candidate wins and our nation suffers, should we hold them solely responsible?

For our survival as a nation, to advance the cause of liberty and preserve what is left of our Judeo-Christian culture, faith and reason must infuse the life of an American college. Do any institutions in our land value these imperatives?

Now the Yorktown University, an online school, is officially a degree-granting university.

There’s a new “academic endeavor” coming soon to a campus near you. It’s called “Waste Studies.”

Under the guise of scholarship, the professoriat would have us “leave them alone” but is the feeling mutual?

Religion remains a point of interest regarding the presidential candidates in the upcoming 2008 election.

Today’s liberal students aren’t buying the U.S. democracy-promotion role once championed by Democratic Presidents such as Kennedy and Carter

Four years later, Rather’s show, Dan Rather Reports, offers viewers a glimpse into what the former CBS news anchor considers good reporting.