V&V Update for the Months of March & April 2006
Inside this issue, you'll find a sampling of activities for the months of March and April 2006, including information and links for the following items:
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V&V Conference Announcement:
"The De-Christianization of Europe: From Nicaea to Nietzsche"
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V&V Conference Recap:
"Mr. Jefferson Goes to the Middle East: Democracy’s Prospects in the Arab World"
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Article Listing
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The Center for Vision & Values in the News
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Additional Media Appearances
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Updates from the Working Groups
V&V Conference Announcement:
The De-Christianization of Europe:
From Nicaea to Nietzsche
April 12-13, 2007
The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College
announces its third annual conference. Why has the
continent that birthed the spread of Christianity now
turned its back on the faith, and what are the
consequences?
V&V Conference Recap:
Mr. Jefferson Goes to the Middle East:
Democracy’s Prospects in the Arab World
April 5-6, 2006
Conference Highlights:
Paid Registration:
New Foundation Grant:
Total Conference Funding Obtained
(including paid registration):
Additional Funding from Significant Organizations:
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Atlas Economic Research Foundation
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Public Policy Education Fund
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Young America's Foundation
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Leadership Institute
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The Fund for American Studies
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Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
Student Employment Opportunities Created:
Internship Opportunities Created for Students:
Conference Participants:
Publicity:
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Two days of radio exposure from the nationally syndicated Michael Medved Show. The radio talk show host and best-selling author aired a three-hour live broadcast (182 stations) on both days of the conference.
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Administrative Director, Lee Wishing, was a guest on the syndicated radio show, “Truth Talk Live with Stu Epperson,” which is broadcast on 20 stations in significant markets around the country.
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Several radio shows were also taped by Charlotte, NC, radio personality, Warren Smith.
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Townhall.com covered the conference via Jennifer Biddison's C-Log.
Outside Speakers Brought In:
- Dr. Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, former Templeton Prize winner
- Dr. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and prize-winning columnist
- Michael Medved, Nationally-syndicated talk show host
- Ralph Peters, strategist, adventurer, world-traveler, best-selling author, and TV/radio commentator
- Dr. Paul Marshall, Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House
- Dr. Radwan A. Masmoudi, President, Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
- Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur, Visiting Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College
- Dr. Joseph Kickasola, Professor of International Affairs, Regent University
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David Howard Peiffer, Founder and President of NITCOM Inc.
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Dr. Chris Coyne, Assistant Professor of Economics at Hampden-Sydney College
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Dr. Aaron Schavey, Assistant Professor of Economics at Bethel College
- Dr. Antony T. Sullivan, Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan
- A. Yasmine Rassam, Director of International Policy for the Independent Women's Forum
- Jennifer Jefferis, Doctoral candidate at Boston University
- Lt. George H. Kipp, acting Battalion Fire Support Officer for 2-34 Armour Battalion in Baqubah, Iraq
Conference Products Include:
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Video CDs of presentations and panels
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Streaming videos (forthcoming)
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Opinion editorials
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Question-&-Answer editorials
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A 350-plus page collected volume of original essays, which is currently being shopped to publishing houses.
Articles:
Today's Media Does WWII
By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma
April 20, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Today_s_Media_Does
_WWII.php
Christ and Politics
By Dr. Gary S. Smith
April 19, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Christ_and_Politics
.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, Princeton KY Times Leader, Buckeye Valley News, High Point Enterprise, Washington County News, Holmes County Times-Advertiser, The Poplarville Democrat, Princeton Post-Telegraph
The Anti-Politics of Russ Feingold
By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma
March 31, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/The_Anti_Politics_of
_Russ_Feingold.php
Weinberger’s Wisdom
By Dr. Paul Kengor
March 29, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Weinberger_s
_Wisdom.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, American Spectator, Washington County News, Holmes County Times-Advertiser, Clear Channel Radio Jim Michaels, Holbrook Tribune-News, Princeton KY Times Leader, General Fayette Tribune, Waterbury Republican-American, Antelope Valley Press, Holbrook Tribune-News, Hugo Daily News
VISION & VALUES CONCISE: Q&A with Dr. Paul Marshall
By Melinda Haring
March 28, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/VISION___VALUES_
CONCISE_Q_A_with_Dr_Paul%20Marshall.php
Religious Freedom in Afghanistan
By Joseph M. Knippenberg
March 27, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Religious_Freedom
_in_Afghanistan.php
Ungracious Idiocy
By Dr. Earl Tilford
March 24, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Ungracious_Idiocy
.php
Recent Headlines Review: Inconceivable!
By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma
March 14, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Recent_Headlines
_Review_Inconceivable.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, www.upmag.net, Messenger, Sarcoxie Publishing Co.
Dishonest Divestment
By Dr. Earl Tilford
March 13, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Dishonest
_Divestment.php
Portrait of an Anti-American
By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma
March 06, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Portrait_of_an_Anti
_American.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, WKZI AM-FM, Princeton KY Times Leader, The Pakistan Link, Daily Advocate, Kingfisher
Can You Name this War?
By Dr. Earl Tilford
March 03, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Can_You_Name_this
_War_.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, 104.7 FM Talk Radio, Lone Grove Ledger, Hugo Daily News, The Concordian, Presbyweb.com, Don Kroah Show, Free Lance Star, Washington County News, Holmes County Times-Advertiser, South Beach Bulletin, Tinytown Gazette, Holbrook Tribune-News
Alito’s Epistle
By Dr. Paul Kengor
March 03, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Alito_s_Epistle.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, Kresta in the Afternoon (Ave Maria Radio), The Sun-Times, Washington County News, Holmes County Times-Advertiser, Princeton KY Times Leader, The Concordian, KDKA-AM 1020 Pgh
Islamo-cartoon-ophobia: The Aftermath
By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma
March 02, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Islamocartoonophobia
_The_Aftermath.php
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Media Placements: Townhall.com, PATownhall.com, The South Alabamian, The Western News, Palatka Daily News, Prescott Journal
The Center for Vision & Values in the News:
CPAC 2006 Book Interview
With Dr. Paul Kengor
March 20, 2006
http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.
php?main_page=product_video_info&
products_id=191370-4&zenid=e6023a3e5
5acba4b3d551f6987de80d2
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Executive Director, Paul Kengor, plugs The Center for Vision & Values in a 2/10/06 interview with C-SPAN, which last aired on March 20, 2006. A transcripts of his remarks are forthcoming and will be included in our next update.
Another Bush Critic
By Jennifer Biddison
April 25, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/Another_Bush
_Critic.php
GCC Center Gains Clout: Policy Group is Pushing
Ideas
By Mark Hillwig
January 31, 2006
http://www.visandvals.org/GCC_Center
_Gains_Clout_Policy_Group_is_Pushing
_Ideas.php
Additional Media Appearances:
"Franciscan University Presents" (Eternal Word
Television Network)
By Dr. Paul Kengor
April 12, 2006 (to air in the fall of 2006)
News Talk 1020 KDKA Radio with Fred Honsberger
By Dr. Paul Kengor
April 3, 2006 & April 4, 2006
WAVA-FM, Washington D.C.
By Dr. Paul Kengor
March 30, 2006
Clear Channel Communications and Fox Radio (nationally syndicated)
By Dr. Paul Kengor
March 29, 2006
"Kresta in the Afternoon" (nationally syndicated)
By Dr. Paul Kengor
March 02, 2006
From the Working Groups:
Middle East & Terrorism
(Coordinator: Earl H. Tilford, Ph.D.)
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Dr. Earl Tilford arranged for U.S. Army BG Kenneth Chrosniak to speak in Sticht Auditorium at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 22. His topic was "A Soldier's Tour in Iraq." It included videos and Power Point slides covering aspects of the current war in Iraq and his assignment as Chief of Staff of the Strategy, Plans and Assessment Division on General Casey's staff in Baghdad. Chrosniak also replaced the warden at Abu Ghraib after the revelations about misconduct (torture) and reformed the situation there. He is retired and currently working in the Center for Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College.
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Dr. Tilford has also accepted an invitation by the Interfaith Taskforce for America and Israel (ITAI) to participate as a panelist in a June 11 symposium titled, "The Jihadist Islamic Threat to the Judeo-Christian Way of Life." The panel will include: Rev. Peter Manzo (Episcopal pastor) and attorney; Walid Shubat, a professor and former Palestinian terrorist who converted to Christianity and speaks openly about Islam; Walid Phares, author of the recent book "Future Jihad" and Professor (Political Science) at Florida Atlantic U. and Middle East commentator on Fox, MSNBC, BBC, Al Arabya, Al Jazeera, etc.; and the Honorable Jim Saxton (R-NJ), Member of the U.S. Congress.
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