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Pennsylvania's Marketplace of Ideas
Pennsylvania's Marketplace of Ideas
Wed, August 06, 2008by Peg Luksik
In just a few days, the Olympic torch will be lit once again. This time in Beijing, China. News media from around the globe will be turning their attention, and their cameras, to the unfolding ... [View Full Article]
Tue, July 29, 2008by Peg Luksik
One of the Presidential candidates speaks about hope quite often. He is correct when he describes hoping as an audacious act. It does indeed take courage to look above the circumstances in which we ... [View Full Article]
Tue, July 22, 2008by Peg Luksik
When John F. Kennedy challenged Americans in his inaugural address, the idea that the government should somehow provide for the individual citizen was in its infancy. In his speech that day, Kennedy ... [View Full Article]
Mon, July 14, 2008by Peg Luksik
"My Fair Lady" opens with Henry Higgins and his friend Colonel Pickering coming out of the opera. They are met by a street vendor selling flowers. Her atrocious accent and Professor Higgins' ... [View Full Article]
Thu, July 10, 2008by Peg Luksik
In religion, the Golden Rule means that one should treat others as he would like to be treated. It is considered the highest standard of personal conduct.
But when ... [View Full Article]
Tue, July 01, 2008by Peg Luksik
Sometimes extra-curricular activities seem to teach our kids more about excellence than academic subjects.
One of my sons is a singer. Throughout his high school ... [View Full Article]
Tue, June 24, 2008by Peg Luksik
The ongoing debate over the nature of Islam and the level of threat that it may pose to America has been loud and vitriolic. On one side, there are those who proclaim that Islam is a religion of ... [View Full Article]
Mon, June 09, 2008by Peg Luksik
Gas prices this summer are expected to top $5.00 a gallon, meaning that it will take more than $80.00 to fill an average midsize car's tank. And if a family has more than three children, and ... [View Full Article]
Tue, June 03, 2008by Peg Luksik
Is it to open doors of knowledge and opportunity to all who enter, regardless of family background? Or is it to train tomorrow's workforce?
The answer to that ... [View Full Article]
Tue, May 27, 2008by Peg Luksik
John is an investor. One day he was approached by Harry with a request to invest in Harry's business. The business sounded like it was based on a good idea, so John asked to see the financial ... [View Full Article]
Tue, May 20, 2008by Peg Luksik
What does a real life hero look like?
On one hot August morning near Rawah, Iraq, a hero looked liked Lance Corporal Moses Cardenas of the Marines 1st Light ... [View Full Article]
Tue, May 13, 2008by Peg Luksik
The summer blockbusters have begun. And with few exceptions, the movie industry is serving America a summer of heroes.
Every brand of heroism will be included. ... [View Full Article]
Mon, May 05, 2008by Peggy Noonan
What exactly constitutes a marriage? Is it the union of one man and one woman? Or could the definition of marriage be expanded to include any other union between persons, such as two men, two ... [View Full Article]
Mon, April 28, 2008by Peg Luksik
In this Presidential election year, it's all too easy to get caught up in the hyperbolic political rhetoric. According to the pundits, economic collapse is imminent, catastrophic climatic upheaval is ... [View Full Article]
Mon, April 21, 2008by Peg Luksik
Pope Benedict XVI has just completed his historic visit to the United States. The crowds were enormous. His Holiness reminded us all that faith can bring meaning and purpose to every life, and that ... [View Full Article]
Tue, April 15, 2008by Peg Luksik
With one week until the Pennsylvania primary, the media is bursting with political talk. The candidates are talking about each other. The pundits are talking about the candidates. The watchdogs ... [View Full Article]
Wed, April 09, 2008by Peg Luksik
Recently one of the Presidential candidates spoke about his children in a speech. He said that although he wanted to raise his daughters to have good values, if one of them made a mistake, he ... [View Full Article]
Wed, April 02, 2008by Peg Luksik
Once upon a time a little red hen decided that she wanted to have some bread to eat. So she planted wheat, tended her crop, harvested the ripe grain, ground it into flour, and then baked her bread. ... [View Full Article]
Tue, March 25, 2008by Peg Luksik
Many high schools across our nation are now having seminars for parents on how to behave at the sporting events of their children. Referees are having obscenities screamed at them from the stands, ... [View Full Article]
Wed, March 19, 2008by Peg Luksik
Holy Week. The days when Christians remember the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the One called the Christ. Churches will be full. Schools and businesses will close. Believers will spend time ... [View Full Article]
Fri, March 14, 2008by Peg Luksik
It is the middle of March, and Americans of Irish descent, and Americans who just love a good party, are preparing to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Schools and workplaces will look like someone ... [View Full Article]
Tue, February 26, 2008by Peg Luksik
In our post-Christian era, Science has become the guiding light for our public policy-makers. The scientific method of inquiry and analysis is based on provable facts, is backed by unbiased ... [View Full Article]
Tue, February 19, 2008by Peg Luksik
Every fairy tale worth its salt ends with the princess marrying her Prince Charming and living "happily ever after." And while no one actually lives in the perfect land of fairy tale ... [View Full Article]
Tue, February 12, 2008by Peg Luksik
The State Board of Education has unanimously decided that every student in Pennsylvania's public schools should have to pass state-created standardized tests in order to graduate from high school. ... [View Full Article]
Mon, February 04, 2008by Peg Luksik
One of the most amazing parts of this Presidential election is the myriad of voices telling voters not just which candidate they should vote for, but what is, or is not, an acceptable reason to vote ... [View Full Article]
Tue, January 29, 2008by Peg Luksik
Prime time television is moving away from scripted productions and into what is billed as "Reality TV". Even before the writers' strike, the financial advantage of non-scripted, non-acted ... [View Full Article]
Tue, January 22, 2008by Peg Luksik
On this day, over 100,000 Americans gather in Washington to remind this nation that life is an inalienable right. They gather from every state, every age group, every economic group, every race and ... [View Full Article]
Mon, January 14, 2008by Peg Luksik
The Presidential primary season is now in full swing and we are being inundated with information from and about the candidates. Unfortunately, most of that information consists of photo ops, ... [View Full Article]
Mon, January 07, 2008by Peg Luksik
In 1984, George Orwell describes how the state's most effective method of controlling its citizens is to remove words from the vocabulary. O'Brien, the government official, tells hero Winston Smith ... [View Full Article]
Tue, December 18, 2007by Peg Luksik
A little over 2,000 years ago, a Child was born to poor parents in a tiny town in an insignificant province of the great Roman Empire. The circumstances of the birth were inauspicious. The Child ... [View Full Article]
Mon, December 10, 2007by Peg Luksik
Everyone knows that children are special. Every candidate takes a picture of himself kissing a smiling baby. Every special interest group promotes its latest public policy initiative as being "for ... [View Full Article]
Tue, December 04, 2007by Peg Luksik
(Editor's Note: PATownhall.com welcomes Peg Luksik as a regular weekly contributor.)
Last week Massachusetts held hearings on a bill to make spanking ... [View Full Article]