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FPR, in conjunction with Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD, will be hosting a conference titled “Human Scale and the Human Good: Creating Healthy Communities in a Global Age.”

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In a penetrating essay dating from 1948, the Hungarian political philosopher Aurel Kolnai wrote that in our time, a balanced defense of liberty should aim “to displace the spiritual stress from the ‘common man’ aspect of Democracy to its aspect of constitutionalism and of moral continuity with the high tradition of Antiquity, Christendom, and the half-surviving Liberal cultures of yesterday.”

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In the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, a chorus of voices - mainly, if not exclusively on the political Left - arose in denunciation of the decline of "civility" in contemporary political life. Somewhat…

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It's a good day when the Seventh Circuit hands you a First Amendment win. It's an even better day when Judge Posner writes the opinion. And he did just that today when the Seventh Circuit ruled in Zamecnik v. Indian Prairie School District, that Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois violated the First Amendment rights of two students by prohibiting them from sharing their views opposing homosexual conduct.

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We reported last week that President Obama and his Department of Justice (DOJ) had made the startling claim that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, and that there is no reasonable legal defense the federal government can offer. Therefore, DOJ will no longer defend DOMA in court (although the federal governement will continue to enforce this law that it believes is unconstitutional - how does that make sense?). Wow!

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California, we are told, will have a $25 billion budget deficit over the next 20 months. However, they seem to be caught in a trap. If they were to actually "balance" their budget, that is, actually cut $25 billion dollars…

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A scholarship for white men is silly, writes Naomi Schaefer Riley. But a more-intense focus on men's educational needs might not be.

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A new fellowship is intended to foster unconventional tech entrepreneurs, Mark Bauerlein writes. But, hey, are colleges so ill-suited to that kind of endeavor?

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In response to an ADF letter, Indiana University-Bloomington announced last week that it removed a ban on religious activities from its student activity fee system.

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For those in the LA area, Pepperdine University will be hosting an intriguing conference on the idea of place. The conference is titled A Place in the World: Geography, Identity, and Civic Engagement in Modern America (March 11-12).

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