Volume 23, Number 1, January
1994
"The Dangerous Samaritans:
How We Unintentionally Injure the Poor"
by Michael Bauman
Professor of Theology and Culture
Hillsdale College
Preview: As Dr. Michael Bauman reminds us, it is not enough to want to help others--we must help them in the right way, lest we do them harm. The last 30 years of welfare and other government aid to the poor demonstrate how we have forgotten this simple lesson. Dr. Bauman's remarks were presented at Hillsdale College's Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar, "Morality and the Marketplace," in September of 1993. Other published versions have appeared in the St. Croix Review and Welfare Reformed: A Compassionate Approach (Nashville: Adroit/P&R, 1993).
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Volume 23, Number 2, February
1994
"A Return to Big Government - and How to Stop It"
by Caspar W. Weinberger
Chairman, Forbes Inc.
Preview: No longer do our leading politicians agree with Thomas Jefferson that the government that is best is that which governs least. The 1990s have seen a return to big government. Former Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger says in order to stop it, we must first reclaim the old values of independence and self-reliance that were once the core of the American experience, and we must "believe in ourselves again." Mr. Weinberger addressed an audience of 450 business and community leaders in Tulsa, Oklahoma at Hillsdale College's Shavano Institute for National Leadership September 1993 seminar, "Taking on Big Government."
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Volume 23, Number 3, March
1994
"How to Fight Back Against Liberalism"
by William Kristol
Chairman, Project for the Republican Future
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"Coping With Ignorance"
by F.A. Hayek
Nobel Laureate and Author, The Road to Serfdom
Preview: We live at a moment in time in which the potential for regaining control over our lives is greater than ever. Socialism and communism abroad, and liberalism at home, are dying. Though in its quest to nationalize health care the Clinton administration is pushing for the most sweeping regulation in our history, people everywhere are rebelling--they are, says William Kristol, fed up with the broken promises of liberalism. The question is, will conservatism provide them with a real alternative?
Addendum Preview: This special reprint issue of Imprimis features a lecture delivered in 1978 on the Hillsdale College campus by the late Nobel Laureate Friedrich von Hayek, one of this century's greatest defenders of free markets and the free society. Dr. Hayek argued that no one, not even the federal government, possesses enough knowledge to predict what will happen in the marketplace. Central planning, therefore, is doomed to failure. Societies prosper only when individuals are free to pool their limited knowledge and to make their own decisions.
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Volume 23, Number 4, April
1994
"Economic Liberties and the Law"
by Richard W. Duesenberg
Senior Vice President, Monsanto Company
Preview: In this issue, Richard W. Duesenberg notes that there has been a virtual explosion of state and federal regulation in America. To explain why, he offers a brief history of changing interpretations of the Constitution and of our economic liberties. Mr. Duesenberg spoke at Hillsdale's Center for Constructive Alternative seminar, "Politicization of the Law: Landmark Decisions and Trends in U.S. Legal History," in November, 1993.
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Volume 23, Number 5, May
1994
"The Real Environmental Crisis: Environmental Law"
by Robert J. Ernst
Attorney at Law
Preview: Although universally agreed that it is vital to protect our environment, attorney Robert Ernst notes that there is great controversy over how to do so. Increasingly, environmental disputes are being settled by government agencies, and the laws they create, enforce, and adjudicate (in clear violation of the principle of separation of powers) endanger another precious resource--our liberty. Mr. Ernst spoke at Hillsdale College's Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar, "Politicization of the Law: Landmark Decisions and Trends in U.S. Legal History," in November, 1993.
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Volume 23, Number 6, June
1994
"Education: The Second Door To Freedom"
by Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice,
Supreme Court of the United States
and
"Capitalism and the Future of America"
By George Roche, President, Hillsdale College
Preview: In this Spring 1994 Convocation address to the students of Hillsdale College, Justice Clarence Thomas offers a powerful, personal testimony to the value of traditional liberal arts education, which, he argues, can free us not only from ignorance, but from our own passions. He also reminds us of the vital roles faith and family must play if such education is to have a lasting impact.
In addition to the regular issue article by Justice Thomas, a special edition release by George Roche, President of Hillsdale College, is included on "Capitalism and the Future of America."
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Volume 23, Number 7, July
1994
"Who Counts the Most Important Things of All?"
by Gary Bauer
President, Family Research Council
Preview: In this issue, Gary Bauer asks a series of compelling questions: "What has happened to America?" "What are we to do about it?" "Who counts the most important things of all?" He provides uncompromising answers to these questions that every citizen should heed. His presentation was delivered last February at Hillsdale's Shavano Institute for National Leadership seminar, "Culture Wars: The Battle over Family Values," in Raleigh, North Carolina for over 800 business and community leaders.
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Volume 23, Number 8, August 1994
"A Cultural Renaissance"
by Jack Kemp, Cofounder, Empower America
In this inspiring call to arms during what have become popularly known as America's "culture wars," Jack Kemp argues that capitalism has moral foundations that make it not only the best economic system in the history of the world but the best hope for the future of our children and our nation. His presentation was delivered last February at Hillsdale's Shavano Institute for National Leadership seminar, "Culture Wars: The Battle over Family Values," in Raleigh, North Carolina, for nearly 900 business and community leaders.
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Volume 23, Number 9, September
1994
"A New Century and a New Optimism"
by Robert Bartley
Editor, Wall Street Journal
Preview: In his commencement address to Hillsdale College's Class of 1994, Wall Street Journal Editor Robert Bartley reflects on the world the graduates are now entering. Though he admits that there are plenty of current causes for pessimism in foreign as well as domestic affairs, Bartley argues that they will not last if Americans return to the course set in the late 1980s.
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Volume 23, Number 10, October
1994
"How Government Funding Is Destroying
American Higher Education"
by George Roche
President, Hillsdale College
In the spring of 1994, Insight magazine published a special cover story report naming George Roche's latest volume as the "Book of the Year." Other press mentions have appeared in dozens of sources, from Reader's Digest to the Wall Street Journal. Presented here is a lecture that summarizes the main themes of The Fall of the Ivory Tower: Government Funding, Corruption, and the Bankrupting of American Higher Education (Regnery, 1994) and that was presented at a Shavano Institute for National Leadership seminar in New York last May.
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Volume 23, Number 11, November
1994
"Political Correctness in the Newsroom"
by Robert Novak
Syndicated Columnist, Host, "The Capital Gang"
and
NEWSMAKERS AND MYTHMAKERS
THE MODERN MEDIA AND ADVOCACY JOURNALISM
A Center for Constructive Alternatives
Seminar -- March 6-10,1994
Featuring: L. Brent Bozell (Chairman, Media
Research Center); Fred Barnes (Senior Editor, the
New Republic); S. Robert Lichter (Codirector,
Center for Media and Public Affairs); Lyn Nofziger
(Former Presidential Assistant); Brit Hume (ABC
News White House Correspondent); Heather
Richardson Higgins (Executive Director, Council on
Culture and Community); Eleanor Clift (Newsweek
White House Correspondent); and Tom Bray
(Editorial Page Editor, Detroit News)
Preview: A free press is one of the foundations of a free society. Yet Americans increasingly distrust and resent the media. A major reason is that many journalists have crossed the line from reporting to advocacy. They have, in effect, adopted a new liberal creed: "all the news that's 'politically correct' to print."
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Volume 23, Number 12, December
1994
"The Media Revolution"
by John Fund
Editorial Writer, Wall Street Journal
Preview: A "new," liberating force is revolutionizing the American media: competition. For years, the three major television networks and a handful of newspapers, radio programs, and magazines have dominated the information business. But, as Wall Street Journal editorialist John Fund argues here, millions of people are now turning to alternative news sources. The media gatekeepers can no longer control what gets into the news or how it will be presented. That's good news for the news, Fund says, and for our nation.
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