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CATEGORY: CULTURE (4 MIN)
Diversity or dads?
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Not too long ago, the idea that a married man and woman provided the best environment for children to develop was entirely uncontroversial. Yet society has grown to believe that varying forms of relationships and families are not only acceptable but also beneficial for children and the culture at large. Thinkers argue that all kids need are “love” and “money.”
Brad Wilcox rejects this modern conception. Writing for Compact, Wilcox urges America to understand the vital importance of a two-parent household, and he particularly focuses on dads in honor of Father’s Day. Wilcox doesn’t just make this claim based on first principles. He grounds it in research and studies that all point to the irreplaceable value of fatherhood.
Wilcox himself helped lead a study from the Institute of Family Studies that revealed the particular significance of married fathers in their sons’ lives. It found that young men in households with married dads were hugely more likely to go to college than to end up in prison or jail, while sons in non-intact families were actually more likely to be incarcerated than go to college.
Wilcox acknowledges that sons of single parents are not doomed—he is one of them himself. But even if all a child needs are “love” and “money,” Wilcox argues, the most consistent source is a married father.
Read his article here.
Read Now
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Weekly Poll
Are you aware of Juneteenth?
[A] Yes
[B] No
[C] Maybe
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RESULTS: 6/13/24
Who should Donald Trump pick as his VP nominee?
[A] Doug Burgum - 7.8%
[B] J.D. Vance - 18.2%
[C] Tim Scott - 11.7%
[D] Marco Rubio - 5.2%
[E] Ben Carson - 7.8%
[F] Tom Cotton - 14.3%
[G] Elise Stefanik - 3.9%
[H] Byron Donalds - 2.6%
[I] Someone else - 24.7%
[J] Unsure - 3.9%
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CATEGORY: ECONOMICS (3 MIN)
Honor from the top
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America’s leadership clearly reflects the way the country’s culture has shifted in the 21st century. Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden designated June as Pride Month and took a clear stance on the efforts to push the LGBT movement to the forefront of society. Last year, President Biden made a proclamation on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade to celebrate abortion rights.
A little less than four decades ago, though, a different American leader sent extremely different signals. President Ronald Reagan regularly issued Father’s Day proclamations, and The Imaginative Conservative recently reprinted his 1986 version. Instead of using boilerplate language or shoehorning in a political message, Reagan delivered a short, poignant essay on the importance of a father.
Reagan cites the growing description of fatherhood as something that battles with a job for men’s attention. But he argues for a better understanding of what’s “special about fatherhood.” Ultimately, Reagan says it is about children. He lists examples of the many sacrifices fathers regularly make for the love of their kids.
“In short, fatherhood is giving one’s all, from a child’s first day of life on, from the break of day to its end—on the job, in the household, but, most of all, in the heart,” Reagan said.
Read President Reagan’s proclamation here—and compare it with President Biden’s most recent version
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(political messages included).
Read Now
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CATEGORY: VIDEO
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything | Chris Rufo
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From ISI's Conservative Book of the Year Award Ceremony.
Chris Rufo, celebrated author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, delivered a compelling lecture in Washington, D.C., upon receiving the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's prestigious Conservative Book of the Year Award for his groundbreaking work, "America's Cultural Revolution." The lecture, held at the historic Mayflower Hotel, brought together a diverse audience of scholars, students, and policymakers, all eager to hear Rufo's insights on the seismic cultural shifts reshaping the United States.
In his lecture, Rufo explored the central themes of "America's Cultural Revolution," offering an incisive analysis of the ideological transformations that have influenced American institutions, from academia to corporate America. He traced the origins of contemporary cultural movements back to their philosophical roots, providing a detailed narrative of how radical ideologies have permeated mainstream culture and public policy.
Watch Now
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ISI's Annual
Homecoming Weekend
Join ISI on September 20-21, 2024, for a garden party that’ll welcome students, professors, alumni, and friends of ISI from across the country.
Every year, we host ISI’s annual Homecoming festivities right on our 20-acre campus tucked away into a bucolic pocket of Wilmington, DE. Our Homecoming sets the tone for the new school year and is an opportunity to celebrate and network with our impressive community of students, teachers, alumni, and professionals from a variety of backgrounds.
Official Homecoming Schedule:
Friday, September 20 (6:30 pm – 11 pm)
Guests will gather at ISI’s campus for a reception, bonfire, and open house
Saturday, September 21
Guests will gather at ISI's Campus for an 8:00 am breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 am: Reagan and Nixon Revisited
Speakers: George Will and Lord Conrad Black, moderated by Dan McCarthy
10:30 am: The Democratization of American Christianity
Speakers: Rusty Reno, Nathan Hatch, and Joshua Mitchell, moderated by Johnny Burtka
Top 20 under 30 Awards Ceremony
12:00 – 1:15 pm: God and Man at Yale 2024
Michael Knowles (lecture) and moderated discussion feat. Michael Brendan Dougherty
1:15 pm: Lunch and festivities begin
Reserve your ticket>>>
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
Protesters Disrupt Pollack’s State of the University Address
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via The Cornell Review
“On Saturday morning, June 8, the State of the University Address
[link removed]
included a welcome by Trustee Chair Kraig H. Kayser, Pollack’s remarks, and the singing of “Far Above Cayuga’s Waters” led by members of the Glee Club. Pollack’s remarks were organized around Cornell’s six core values
[link removed]
that were adopted by a community process early in her administration. She also highlighted important achievements over the past seven years. This was scheduled to be Pollack’s last State of the University Address in light of her retirement
[link removed]
on June 30. During the hour preceding the talk, a group of protesters gathered on the plaza in front of Bailey Hall distributing flyers regarding the Gaza Crisis as well as Sustainability concerns. The group did not hinder access to Bailey Hall and appeared to be in compliance with the Interim Expressive Activity Policy
[link removed]
. CU Police were present at both the pre-talk protest as well as the talk inside Bailey Hall.”
Stanford, What Did You Expect?
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via The Stanford Review
“Let us review what happened: Early last Wednesday morning, a group of anti-Israel (and anti-America) students gathered in Main Quad, the oldest
[link removed]
structure on Stanford’s campus. Armed with spray paint, they thoroughly defaced
[link removed]
the site with soaring rhetoric such as “Pigs Taste Best Dead” and “Death 2 America.” Some of them assaulted and injured a security officer who attempted to defend a vehicle. The demonstrators then broke into the office of the university president and barricaded themselves inside before causing
[link removed]
“extensive damage.” Thirteen students were eventually arrested, charged
[link removed]
with felony burglary, and suspended. One has to wonder: What sort of behavior would merit expulsion?”
Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center Hiring Controversy Draws Bipartisan Lawmaker Concern
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via The Minnesota Republic
“Most recently, this controversy spurred a bipartisan, bicameral group of 67 state legislators to write a letter
[link removed]
to Ettinger and the Board of Regents with concerns of a broader environment of anti-Israel sentiment and actions being fostered on campus. The letter’s lead authors are Representative Marion Rarick
[link removed]
, a Republican representing the Buffalo area northwest of the Twin Cities, and Senator Ron Latz
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, a Democrat representing a western suburban area that includes St. Louis Park.”
CATEGORY: CULTURE (13 MIN)
Benefits of blindness?
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Father’s Day this year is followed by recently-added federal holiday Juneteenth, which honors the ending of U.S. slavery. Much modern debate has centered on the idea of race, what it means, how it should influence education (if at all), and whether policies should take it into consideration. Some thinkers argue that the civil rights movement had a conception of race quite different from today’s.
For this week’s article from the Modern Age website, Andre Archie writes an excerpt from his new book The Virtue of Color-Blindness. Archie calls back to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which asked for children to be judged by character, not skin color. Archie draws on the Western philosophical tradition to argue for the importance of human character over superficial characteristics.
Both the Greeks and the Romans, Archie says, believed that character counted “above all.” He cites multiple ancient works that bolster that point. Christianity, too, according to Archie, urges the value of moral and spiritual characteristics over physical ones.
“The color-blind ideal is also that of the free human person—free to pursue the development of his or her character toward moral actions,” Archie declares. “That is an ideal that desperately needs restoration.”
Read Archie’s article right here on the Modern Age website.
Read Now
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Thought of the Day:
“Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress approved December 28, 1970, do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 15, 1986, as Father’s Day."
- Ronald Reagan
Join ISI’s new Alumni Giving Club
It’s never been easier for you to support our mission—and stay part of our community—with ISI’s new Alumni Giving Club!
For just $19.53 a month, you can join the fight and “pay it forward” by educating the next generation for ordered liberty.
Join the Club
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CATEGORY: CULTURE (4 MIN)
Diversity or dads?
[link removed]
Not too long ago, the idea that a married man and woman provided the best environment for children to develop was entirely uncontroversial. Yet society has grown to believe that varying forms of relationships and families are not only acceptable but also beneficial for children and the culture at large. Thinkers argue that all kids need are “love” and “money.”
Brad Wilcox rejects this modern conception. Writing for Compact, Wilcox urges America to understand the vital importance of a two-parent household, and he particularly focuses on dads in honor of Father’s Day. Wilcox doesn’t just make this claim based on first principles. He grounds it in research and studies that all point to the irreplaceable value of fatherhood.
Wilcox himself helped lead a study from the Institute of Family Studies that revealed the particular significance of married fathers in their sons’ lives. It found that young men in households with married dads were hugely more likely to go to college than to end up in prison or jail, while sons in non-intact families were actually more likely to be incarcerated than go to college.
Wilcox acknowledges that sons of single parents are not doomed—he is one of them himself. But even if all a child needs are “love” and “money,” Wilcox argues, the most consistent source is a married father.
Read his article here.
Read Now
[link removed]
Weekly Poll
Are you aware of Juneteenth?
[A] Yes
[B] No
[C] Maybe
[link removed]
RESULTS: 6/13/24
Who should Donald Trump pick as his VP nominee?
[A] Doug Burgum - 7.8%
[B] J.D. Vance - 18.2%
[C] Tim Scott - 11.7%
[D] Marco Rubio - 5.2%
[E] Ben Carson - 7.8%
[F] Tom Cotton - 14.3%
[G] Elise Stefanik - 3.9%
[H] Byron Donalds - 2.6%
[I] Someone else - 24.7%
[J] Unsure - 3.9%
[link removed]
CATEGORY: ECONOMICS (3 MIN)
Honor from the top
[link removed]
America’s leadership clearly reflects the way the country’s culture has shifted in the 21st century. Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden designated June as Pride Month and took a clear stance on the efforts to push the LGBT movement to the forefront of society. Last year, President Biden made a proclamation on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade to celebrate abortion rights.
A little less than four decades ago, though, a different American leader sent extremely different signals. President Ronald Reagan regularly issued Father’s Day proclamations, and The Imaginative Conservative recently reprinted his 1986 version. Instead of using boilerplate language or shoehorning in a political message, Reagan delivered a short, poignant essay on the importance of a father.
Reagan cites the growing description of fatherhood as something that battles with a job for men’s attention. But he argues for a better understanding of what’s “special about fatherhood.” Ultimately, Reagan says it is about children. He lists examples of the many sacrifices fathers regularly make for the love of their kids.
“In short, fatherhood is giving one’s all, from a child’s first day of life on, from the break of day to its end—on the job, in the household, but, most of all, in the heart,” Reagan said.
Read President Reagan’s proclamation here—and compare it with President Biden’s most recent version
[link removed]
(political messages included).
Read Now
[link removed]
[link removed]
CATEGORY: VIDEO
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything | Chris Rufo
[link removed]
From ISI's Conservative Book of the Year Award Ceremony.
Chris Rufo, celebrated author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, delivered a compelling lecture in Washington, D.C., upon receiving the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's prestigious Conservative Book of the Year Award for his groundbreaking work, "America's Cultural Revolution." The lecture, held at the historic Mayflower Hotel, brought together a diverse audience of scholars, students, and policymakers, all eager to hear Rufo's insights on the seismic cultural shifts reshaping the United States.
In his lecture, Rufo explored the central themes of "America's Cultural Revolution," offering an incisive analysis of the ideological transformations that have influenced American institutions, from academia to corporate America. He traced the origins of contemporary cultural movements back to their philosophical roots, providing a detailed narrative of how radical ideologies have permeated mainstream culture and public policy.
Watch Now
[link removed]
ISI's Annual
Homecoming Weekend
Join ISI on September 20-21, 2024, for a garden party that’ll welcome students, professors, alumni, and friends of ISI from across the country.
Every year, we host ISI’s annual Homecoming festivities right on our 20-acre campus tucked away into a bucolic pocket of Wilmington, DE. Our Homecoming sets the tone for the new school year and is an opportunity to celebrate and network with our impressive community of students, teachers, alumni, and professionals from a variety of backgrounds.
Official Homecoming Schedule:
Friday, September 20 (6:30 pm – 11 pm)
Guests will gather at ISI’s campus for a reception, bonfire, and open house
Saturday, September 21
Guests will gather at ISI's Campus for an 8:00 am breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 am: Reagan and Nixon Revisited
Speakers: George Will and Lord Conrad Black, moderated by Dan McCarthy
10:30 am: The Democratization of American Christianity
Speakers: Rusty Reno, Nathan Hatch, and Joshua Mitchell, moderated by Johnny Burtka
Top 20 under 30 Awards Ceremony
12:00 – 1:15 pm: God and Man at Yale 2024
Michael Knowles (lecture) and moderated discussion feat. Michael Brendan Dougherty
1:15 pm: Lunch and festivities begin
Reserve your ticket>>>
[link removed]
Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
Protesters Disrupt Pollack’s State of the University Address
[link removed]
via The Cornell Review
“On Saturday morning, June 8, the State of the University Address
[link removed]
included a welcome by Trustee Chair Kraig H. Kayser, Pollack’s remarks, and the singing of “Far Above Cayuga’s Waters” led by members of the Glee Club. Pollack’s remarks were organized around Cornell’s six core values
[link removed]
that were adopted by a community process early in her administration. She also highlighted important achievements over the past seven years. This was scheduled to be Pollack’s last State of the University Address in light of her retirement
[link removed]
on June 30. During the hour preceding the talk, a group of protesters gathered on the plaza in front of Bailey Hall distributing flyers regarding the Gaza Crisis as well as Sustainability concerns. The group did not hinder access to Bailey Hall and appeared to be in compliance with the Interim Expressive Activity Policy
[link removed]
. CU Police were present at both the pre-talk protest as well as the talk inside Bailey Hall.”
Stanford, What Did You Expect?
[link removed]
via The Stanford Review
“Let us review what happened: Early last Wednesday morning, a group of anti-Israel (and anti-America) students gathered in Main Quad, the oldest
[link removed]
structure on Stanford’s campus. Armed with spray paint, they thoroughly defaced
[link removed]
the site with soaring rhetoric such as “Pigs Taste Best Dead” and “Death 2 America.” Some of them assaulted and injured a security officer who attempted to defend a vehicle. The demonstrators then broke into the office of the university president and barricaded themselves inside before causing
[link removed]
“extensive damage.” Thirteen students were eventually arrested, charged
[link removed]
with felony burglary, and suspended. One has to wonder: What sort of behavior would merit expulsion?”
Holocaust & Genocide Studies Center Hiring Controversy Draws Bipartisan Lawmaker Concern
[link removed]
via The Minnesota Republic
“Most recently, this controversy spurred a bipartisan, bicameral group of 67 state legislators to write a letter
[link removed]
to Ettinger and the Board of Regents with concerns of a broader environment of anti-Israel sentiment and actions being fostered on campus. The letter’s lead authors are Representative Marion Rarick
[link removed]
, a Republican representing the Buffalo area northwest of the Twin Cities, and Senator Ron Latz
[link removed]
, a Democrat representing a western suburban area that includes St. Louis Park.”
CATEGORY: CULTURE (13 MIN)
Benefits of blindness?
[link removed]
Father’s Day this year is followed by recently-added federal holiday Juneteenth, which honors the ending of U.S. slavery. Much modern debate has centered on the idea of race, what it means, how it should influence education (if at all), and whether policies should take it into consideration. Some thinkers argue that the civil rights movement had a conception of race quite different from today’s.
For this week’s article from the Modern Age website, Andre Archie writes an excerpt from his new book The Virtue of Color-Blindness. Archie calls back to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which asked for children to be judged by character, not skin color. Archie draws on the Western philosophical tradition to argue for the importance of human character over superficial characteristics.
Both the Greeks and the Romans, Archie says, believed that character counted “above all.” He cites multiple ancient works that bolster that point. Christianity, too, according to Archie, urges the value of moral and spiritual characteristics over physical ones.
“The color-blind ideal is also that of the free human person—free to pursue the development of his or her character toward moral actions,” Archie declares. “That is an ideal that desperately needs restoration.”
Read Archie’s article right here on the Modern Age website.
Read Now
[link removed]
Thought of the Day:
“Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, in accordance with a joint resolution of the Congress approved December 28, 1970, do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 15, 1986, as Father’s Day."
- Ronald Reagan
Join ISI’s new Alumni Giving Club
It’s never been easier for you to support our mission—and stay part of our community—with ISI’s new Alumni Giving Club!
For just $19.53 a month, you can join the fight and “pay it forward” by educating the next generation for ordered liberty.
Join the Club
[link removed]
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