Category: Education
Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? Or is it an oppressive force that targets innocent Palestinian civilians and commits war crimes as a matter of policy? Colonel Richard Kemp, who was the commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, was in Israel during its war against Hamas in 2014, and analyzes whether Israel’s military is ethical, evil, or somewhere in between.
Is the United States an exceptional country that has played a uniquely good role in history? Or is it a typical country, perhaps even a uniquely bad one considering the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow? On this, the Left and Right do not agree.
Jim Ott speaks in front of 150 area academic, government, and business representatives about Bridges Out of Poverty program Wednesday at West Burlington High School.
How do you want to improve America? By focusing on improving and refining yourself? Or by transforming society? The answer to that question will reveal whether you’re on the Left or the Right.
How big should the government be? And what is its proper role in the daily lives of Americans? The Left and Right have opposite answers.
Is man-made climate change our biggest problem? Are the wildfires, droughts and hurricanes we see on the news an omen of even worse things to come? The United Nations and many political leaders think so and want to spend trillions of tax dollars to reverse the warming trend. Are they right? Will the enormous cost justify the gain? Economist Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, explains the key issues and reaches some sobering conclusions.
Click here: Pointing to an Islamic terrorist attack in California that killed 14 and wounded 21 and a mentally ill shooter in Sandy Hook, NJ that killed 20 in 2012 – all defenseless victims in gun-free zones – Iowa citizens and parents have urged the Governor and Legislature to eliminate gun-free zones in schools, saying Iowans should be allowed to defend themselves when faced with the potential of mass violence.
Iowa schools are currently gun-free zones, and Branstad said he believes the policy should remain in place.
