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February 8, 2024
Title: Will There Be More Than One Hail Mary in the Upcoming Super Bowl?
Topic: Woke Progressives
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Dr. Richard Kocur is the Assistant Professor of Business at
Grove City College, specializing in marketing and business strategy.
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here to read Dr. Kocur’s op-ed on this topic.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What is a “Hail Mary”? Where, when, and why did the phrase originate?
The Super Bowl is fast approaching. Billions in bets have been laid down. Why is Bud Light (Anheuser-Busch) betting $14 million on a come-back?
Bud Light hired Peyton Manning in an attempt to revive sales. Was it successful?
Do consumers haphazardly choose products? Dr. Kocur discusses what motivates customers to buy or not buy certain products/brands.
What is Dr. Kocur’s advice for woke corporate marketing departments?
If the $14 million dollar bet doesn’t score with consumers, will marketing departments lay-off the woke agenda?
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September 28, 2023
Title: Making Big Pharma an Offer it Can’t Refuse
Topic: Government Controlled Healthcare
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 2
As part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
gained the authority to negotiate the price the government pays for prescription
drugs.
Dr. Richard Kocur is the Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College. Dr. Kocur specializes in marketing and business strategy and has over 25 years of experience. Today, he discusses how the changes in pricing and availability of prescription drugs will directly affect you, the consumer.
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here to read Dr. Richard Kocur’s article on this important topic.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What power and authority does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have?
Did the CMS recently target 10 drugs for its first round of government mandated pricing? Dr. Cohen discusses some of the long-term diseases and medical conditions that the
CMS is targeting, as well as some of the medications.
In mandating prices, has the government acted in bad faith at the negotiating table? Dr. Cohen explains why he wouldn’t consider it a “negotiation”.
Does it cost a lot to bring a new drug to the market? Do 85% of drugs never make it past the earliest phase of testing?
Do most Americans live longer with a higher quality of life due in part to advancements in modern medicine and healthcare?
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Making Big Pha2rma an Offer it Can’t Refuse
Topic: Government Controlled Healthcare
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What are two major unintended consequences of government-controlled prescription
drug pricing?
What is “cost shifting”? Dr. Cohen explains how Medicare and Medicaid
patients will pay less for their prescription drugs, but the cost difference
will be shifted to those with regular insurance or no insurance.
Is government involvement in the US healthcare system good medicine or bad
medicine?
Will the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 affect healthcare
professionals in any way?
Is it possible that funding could be cut or even eliminated for life-saving new
drugs?
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May 17, 2023
Title: The Bud Light Hangover
Topic: Woke Progressives
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Dr. Richard Kocur is an Assistant Professor of Business at
Grove City College, specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today,
Dr. Kocur discusses the recent Anheuser-Busch debacle.
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to read Dr. Kocur’s op-ed on this topic.
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City College.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What is the target market for Bud Light?
Was Dr. Kocur surprised when Anheuser-Busch announced they would use transgender
influencer and activist Dylan Mulvaney to sell more beer? Dr. Kocur explains why
he was shocked and why it was definitely not a good idea.
How many brands of beer does Anheuser-Busch sell worldwide?
Did their new market pitch align with those who typically buy Bud Light?
Did Anheuser-Busch not anticipate the polarized public reaction or did they
simply not care? Dr. Kocur offers his professional opinion as a marketing and
business professor.
Did Bud Light commit the cardinal sin of marketing? Dr. Kocur explains what the
“cardinal sin of marketing” is and how Bud Light committed this sin.
In her attempt to gain more LGBTQ drinkers, did the VP of marketing for Bud
Light actually alienate the majority of current customers?
Should all corporations use caution in the future when contemplating a major
marketing change to target a different audience?
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November 10, 2022
Title: Racial Admissions Preferences: Constitutional or Not?
Topic: Affirmative Action
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 3
Professor John Sparks is the retired Dean of Arts & Letters at
Grove City College and a fellow for Institute for Faith and Freedom.
Today, Dr. Sparks discusses Affirmative Action, specifically two cases currently before the US Supreme Court:
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College
and Students
for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.
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here to read more on this topic from Professor Sparks.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Does the government have a compelling interest to guarantee a “racially diverse student body”? Dr. Sparks explains how Affirmative Action came to be and why parents and students are now fighting back.
Are there designated “favored minority students” and “non-favored minority students”?
What was the decision in the 1970s Allan Bakke case regarding this issue? Did one of the opinions from a Justice begin the whole Affirmative Action debacle?
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Racial Admissions Preferences: Constitutional or Not?
Topic: Affirmative Action
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Was the outcome of the Bakke case a rare 4-1-4 decision? Who tried to “bridge
the gap”? Did both sides claim victory?
During the Court’s 2002-2003 term, new were cases filed regarding the
Constitutionality of Affirmative Action. How did the US Supreme Court rule on
those cases? Dr. Sparks discusses two specific cases and the opposite rulings
from the Justices. He also explains how these rulings are affecting the current
cases before the Court.
Did the late Sandra Day O’Connor believe that the “race-weighed admissions
processes” would stop some day?
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Racial Admissions Preferences: Constitutional or Not?
Topic: Affirmative Action
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are Asian students considered part of the “favored minority”? Are black
students considered part of the “favored minority”?
What compelling interest does the government have in guaranteeing a “racially
diverse student body”?
Why are the two cases currently before the US Supreme Court (Students for Fair
Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of
North Carolina) so important? Why are they being tried separately? How are they
similar and how are they different?
When can we expect a decision on these cases?
Bottom Line: Are racial admissions preferences Constitutional
or not? Dr. Sparks says: “Our whole emphasis in American society has been to
move away from race being either a negative or a positive. We need racial
neutrality… It’s time to recognize that… We need to be color blind.”
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July 21, 2022
Title: Corporate Social Activism Following Roe’s Reversal
Topic: Woke Progressives
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
The recent reversal of Roe v. Wade has initiated a new
round of corporate social activism and virtue-signaling. But are too many
corporations trying to run both a business marathon and a woke sprint?
Dr. Richard Kocur believes that the long-term consequences of such an approach spell disaster. Dr. Kocur is an Assistant Professor of Business at
Grove City College, specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today, Dr. Kocur discusses the difference between faith-based companies and woke progressive companies.
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here to read more on this topic from Dr. Richard Kocur.
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here for another great op-ed by Dr. Kocur on the same issue.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Can pro-life fast-food chain Chick-fil-A and Christian-professing company
Hobby Lobby last long-term, even being closed on Sunday?
Can Disney regain its lost customers after going “woke” and pushing homosexuality and transgenderism? “The long-term for Disney is yet to be determined,” Dr. Kocur says, discussing the massive amount of subscription cancelations and bad press Disney has received over the past few months.
Are the executives at American Express, Apple, Bank of America, and other companies fighting each other to lead the pack in reimbursing employees for abortion expenses?
Should corporations reverse course and take a step away from their “wokeness”?
If Disney reversed their decision to join the LGBTQ band-wagon, would they suffer massive losses from the Left? Dr. Kocur believes that, yes, they would receive blowback; however, he wouldn’t hold his breath waiting for them to ever reverse their woke agenda.
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June 7, 2022
Title: How We Got to Roe v Wade
Topic: Abortion
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 3
Professor Dr. John Sparks is the retired Dean of Arts & Letters at
Grove City College and a fellow for the Institute for Faith and
Freedom.
Today he discusses the importance of the 1965 case Griswold v. Connecticut and the opinions that were brought forth after the decision.
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here
to read Dr. Sparks article on this topic in
The Dakota Beacon.
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Institute for Faith and Freedom.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What are the facts in in the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut case concerning contraceptives? Dr. Sparks discusses the 19th Century law regarding contraceptives that had not been readily enforced until Estelle Griswold decided to open a birth control clinic in the state.
What did Justice Douglas unveil in this case? How did he come to this conclusion? Dr. Spark will continue this explanation in the next segment.
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - How We Got to Roe v Wade
Topic: Abortion
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is there an enumerated “right to privacy” in the US Constitution? Dr.
Sparks explains how Justice Douglas “discovered” the “right to
privacy”.
Why did Dr. Sparks have his students read about this case in his class?
What were Judge Robert Borks’ thoughts about this new right to privacy? Do other
legal scholars agree with him? This is important! Listen in closely…
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - How We Got to Roe v Wade
Topic: Abortion
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why did Justice Black state that the privacy that Douglas claimed to uncover was
a broad, abstract, ambiguous concept? Do other legal scholars agree with him?
Dr. Sparks uses several examples to explain why Douglas’ thoughts are so
dangerous.
Justice Black also bluntly stated that the “use of any such broad, unbounded
judicial authority would make of this court’s members a day-to-day
constitutional convention”. What does this mean?
Do most law schools teach aspiring law students that Roe v. Wade is the
law of the land and should not be overturned, because there is a right to
privacy found in the US Constitution? Dr. Sparks reveals that, unfortunately, it
would be extremely difficult to find a law professor today that doesn’t teach
that abortion falls under the “right to privacy”.
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April 20, 2022
Title: To Stupidity and Beyond
Topic: Homosexual Agenda
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 2
Buzz Lightyear believed his wings would carry him to infinity and beyond. He was a fictional character that helped Disney make a gazillion dollars in the movie series “Toy Story”.
But has the current leadership at Disney guzzled the woke Kool Aid?
Dr. Richard Kocur is an Assistant Professor of Business at Grove City College specializing in marketing and business strategy. Today, Dr. Kocur discusses the recent discovery of Disney’s not-so-hidden homosexual and transgender agenda.
Click here to read more on this topic from Dr. Richard D. Kocur.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did Disney poke its corporate hand into the slumbering hornet’s nest? Dr. Kocur explains the true purpose behind Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill and why Disney has spoken out against it.
Do corporations donate more often to Left-leaning causes more than Conservative or Christian causes? How long has this been happening? Do corporations actually believe in those Left-leaning causes OR are they simply supporting them to avoid potential back-lash from the Radical Left?
How and why has Disney been so successful? Dr. Kocur says: “Up until recently, keeping their target audience in mind, they were wanting to produce wholesome entertainment that parents and children could enjoy and that parents could trust without having it pre-screened… Now we see a definite shift from that attitude and that direction into something completely different.”
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Title: Part 2 of 2 To Stupidity and Beyond
Topic: Homosexual Agenda
Discussed by Dr. Richard Kocur
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did Disney make the wrong choice in their outspoken stance against Florida’s “Parental
Rights in Education” bill? Dr. Kocur offers his personal opinion, saying: “They’re
alienating their customers.”
Christians have protested and boycotted other “woke” companies before,
such as Target or Coca-Cola. Do Christian parents have the will to protest and
boycott Disney long-term? Dr. Kocur points out one major difference…
FACT OR FICTION: Disney personnel are colluding, conspiring,
plotting, and scheming to introduce young children into the LGBTQ+ way of life.
Can a “queer society” last long-term? Dr. Kocur believes that Disney’s
announcement has been a wake-up call for ALL parents, not just Christian
parents.
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December 21, 2021
Title: Biden’s Massive Vaccine Overreach
Topic: Vaccine Debate
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 3
Whether you have strong convictions against vaccines, or just about the Covid vaccine, or you have no particular aversion to vaccines, understanding what is going on with President Joe Biden’s OSHA-enforced vaccine mandate is important.
Professor John Sparks is the retired Dean of Arts & Letters at Grove City College and a fellow for Institute for Faith and Freedom. Today, he explains what Biden’s OSHA mandate means for the American people.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is it important to understand what Biden and OSHA are trying to accomplish with enforced vaccine mandates?
Is the OSHA-enforced vaccine mandate just one leg of a three-legged stool? Professor Sparks discusses the vaccine edict from the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directed at medical workers and the administration’s own vaccine directive aimed at the employees of certain federal contractors.
Does the OSHA mandate have legal issues which are being reviewed? Dr. Sparks explains the “emergency temporary standard” (ETS) in plain English and why it is being reviewed in Federal court.
How many times has OSHA issued an ETS? HINT: Not many in the last 50 years!
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Biden’s Massive Vaccine Overreach
Topic: Vaccine Debate
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Does Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate use the words “grave danger”? Dr.
Sparks explains why the Fifth Circuit is examining the “grave danger”
language. He points out the emergency mandate doesn’t include businesses with
less than 100 employees, saying: “How grave can the emergency be when you
leave out these workers that are in smaller enterprises?”
Could the 5th Circuit Court possibly rule that the OSHA mandate must apply to
EVERY eligible person – no matter what?
Is Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate over-inclusive?
Does the ETS recognize natural immunity?
When Congress passed the OSHA language that Biden is attempting to use to force
vaccines in the workplace, did the language aim at agents or substances (like
asbestos) that may be in the workplace, but not airborne viruses? Dr. Sparks
chuckles and says “no” which makes this ETS completely ridiculous.
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Biden’s Massive Vaccine Overreach
Topic: Vaccine Debate
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is OSHA a public health agency or an occupational safety administration?
Does the Federal Government, including OSHA, have the authority to declare “Thou
shall get the jab” as a condition of employment?
Do individual states have the authority? Dr. Sparks urges citizens of states to
fight any and all mandates…
When might the courts release their verdict?
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November 18, 2021
Title: Parental Rights and Religious Liberty
Topic: Parental Rights
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 3
Do parents have a legal, Constitutional, religious, and moral right to be involved in their children’s education?
Professor Dr. John Sparks is the retired Dean of Arts & Letters at Grove City College and a fellow for the
Institute for Faith and Freedom. Today he discusses the legal and moral right parents have to be involved in their children’s education.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are parents across the country concerned that some public schoolboards, administrators, associations, and even teachers hold them in disdain?
In the 1972 Yoder case, did several Amish fathers not want their children exposed to “worldliness”? What was their complaint? Dr. Sparks explains that the fathers were not opposed to public education; they simply did not want their children to be forced to receive higher education that was questionable and in contrary to their religious beliefs. They further claimed that this would ruin the Amish religion.
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Parental Rights and Religious Liberty
Topic: Parental Rights
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
In 1972 Yoder case, the US Supreme Court stated that children are not mere
creatures of the state. Some statements regarding the decision:
Following briefing and arguments, Chief Justice Burger wrote the opinion which
gave Jonas Yoder and his fellow parents a victory. He said that the Amish
believe that their own salvation and that of their children “requires a life
in a church community separate and apart from the world and worldly influence.”
Chief Burger further pointed out that they seek sufficient education through
eighth grade, one that will allow them “to read the Bible, to be good
farmers and citizens, and to be able to deal with non-Amish people when
necessary in the course of daily affairs.”
In addition, the court concluded there was “nothing in the record to suggest
that the Amish qualities of reliability, self-reliance, and dedication to work
would fail to find ready markets in today’s society.”
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Parental Rights and Religious Liberty
Topic: Parental Rights
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
BOTTOM LINE: Do parents have a legal, Constitutional, religious, and
moral right to be involved in their children’s education?
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January 28, 2021
Title: Political Speak: Let’s Go Fight!
Topic: Political Correctness
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
The House of Representatives has passed a single Article of Impeachment charging President Donald Trump with committing a high crime.
They claim that Trump “made statements that encouraged – and foreseeably resulted in – imminent lawless action at the Capitol.” In short, his rally speech amounted to “incitement to engage in the insurrection.”
What did Trump say? Was it really that bad? Professor Dr. John Sparks has details about the speech and the Article of Impeachment. Dr. Sparks is the retired Dean of Arts & Letters at Grove City College and a fellow for the Institute for Faith and Freedom.
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Questions/Issues Discussed:
What crime did the House of Representatives state in the recent Article of Impeachment of former President Trump?
What was the original purpose for impeachment?
Does the Constitution allow for the impeachment of a former President?
Did the House present any evidence? Did the House present any witnesses?
How has the Supreme Court ruled considering freedom of speech by politicians in the past?
In Dr. Sparks professional opinion, should Donald Trump be impeached?
Why are the Democrats going after Trump so hard?
Why did Chief Justice John Roberts choose to NOT preside over the impeachment hearing?
What happens next?
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January 13, 2016
Title: Obama is Going After Sweet Little Old Nuns Now
Topic: Religious Freedom
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
The Obama administration just can’t leave the little guys alone – or
in this case, the sweet little ladies. The nuns within a Catholic
Religious Order, The Little Sisters of the Poor, are being bullied by Obama’s
Affordable Care Act minions at the Department of Health and Human Services. The
women do not wish to provide or be forced to pay for contraceptives through
Obamacare. (Why the women would even need the service in the first place is
apparently lost within HHS’s tiny little walnut sized brains.)
Side Note: The Little Sisters of the Poor is not some dinky little group
of women who don’t know what they’re doing. The Sisters have been in existence
since 1839, are spread across thirty countries, and are in thirty states in the
US.
Dr. John Sparks explains the situation in further detail. It goes far beyond
just a simple pill or condom. It’s about their religious right and the
government taking away that right. “The government is highly secularized and
they do not recognize that others adhere to their convictions,” Dr. Sparks
believes. The Sisters have been fighting this battle since 2013 and will finally
go before the United States Supreme Court in March.
If the government can offer exemptions to other religious groups, churches, and
even small employers, why can’t they offer exemptions to The Sisters? Listen in
as Dr. Sparks discusses the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the
compelling reason why The Sisters should not even be in this predicament!
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March 20, 2015
Title: Supreme Court is being Pushed on Marriage Issue
Topic: Same-Sex Unions
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Edmund Burke wrote
the following in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “When ancient
opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be
estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know
distinctly to what port we steer.”
The SCOTUS has agreed to hear four cases involving the issue of same-sex unions.
These cases come from the Sixth Circuit, where the U.S. Appeals Court had
earlier upheld Michigan’s definition of marriage as limited to one man and one
woman. That decision (DeBoer v. Snyder) created what is called a “conflict among
the Circuits” and forced the Supreme Court to address the issue – a decision
which will affect every American.
Dr. John Sparks, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City
College, is confident that SCOTUS will continue to allow individual states to
make their own laws regarding same-sex unions. But what about the “Full faith
and Credit Provision”? Dr. Sparks discusses how this law gives respect to the
legal determinations of other states, including same-sex unions. However, it has
some wiggle room. Listen in as he explains this Provision, how states have dealt
with various marriage issues in the past, and what the future of marriage may
look like.
Dr. Sparks’ article on this issue can be found [here].
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March 17, 2015
Title: Supreme Court is being Pushed on Marriage Issue
Topic: Same-Sex Unions
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Edmund Burke wrote
the following in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “When ancient
opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be
estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know
distinctly to what port we steer.”
The SCOTUS has agreed to hear four cases involving the issue of same-sex unions.
These cases come from the Sixth Circuit, where the U.S. Appeals Court had
earlier upheld Michigan’s definition of marriage as limited to one man and one
woman. That decision (DeBoer v. Snyder) created what is called a “conflict among
the Circuits” and forced the Supreme Court to address the issue – a decision
which will affect every American.
Dr. John Sparks, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City
College, is confident that SCOTUS will continue to allow individual states to
make their own laws regarding same-sex unions. But what about the “Full faith
and Credit Provision”? Dr. Sparks discusses how this law gives respect to the
legal determinations of other states, including same-sex unions. However, it has
some wiggle room. Listen in as he explains this Provision, how states have dealt
with various marriage issues in the past, and what the future of marriage may
look like.
Dr. Sparks’ article on this issue can be found [here].
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March 12, 2015
Title: Supreme Court is being Pushed on Marriage Issue
Topic: Same-Sex Unions
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Edmund Burke wrote
the following in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “When ancient
opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be
estimated. From that moment we have no compass to govern us; nor can we know
distinctly to what port we steer.”
The SCOTUS has agreed to hear four cases involving the issue of same-sex unions.
These cases come from the Sixth Circuit, where the U.S. Appeals Court had
earlier upheld Michigan’s definition of marriage as limited to one man and one
woman. That decision (DeBoer v. Snyder) created what is called a “conflict among
the Circuits” and forced the Supreme Court to address the issue – a decision
which will affect every American.
Dr. John Sparks, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City
College, is confident that SCOTUS will continue to allow individual states to
make their own laws regarding same-sex unions. But what about the “Full faith
and Credit Provision”? Dr. Sparks discusses how this law gives respect to the
legal determinations of other states, including same-sex unions. However, it has
some wiggle room. Listen in as he explains this Provision, how states have dealt
with various marriage issues in the past, and what the future of marriage may
look like.
Dr. Sparks’ article on this issue can be found [here].
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February 16, 2015
Title: Are College Savings Plans in Danger?
Topic: 529 Plans
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Today’s topic with
Professor and Attorney John Sparks is “529 Plans”. If you are not
familiar with a 529 Plan, it is a college-savings plan that many middle-class
parents use when saving for their children’s college experience. Parents like
the fact that these plans are tax-free; grandparents can contribute to the plans
as well. The 529 Plans also transfer from state to state and even from one child
to another if one decides not to attend college! What’s not to like about the
529 Plans?
Well, as you may guess, there is one person who is not a fan of these
money-saving plans! Obama! Why? Because he thinks the majority of the 7 million
families using the 529 Plans are wealthy! However, Professor Sparks disputes
that. He says that 70% of the people who take advantage of the plans have an
annual income of less than $150,000.
Listen in as Professor Sparks explains the tax Obama wanted to place on the 529
Plans. Fortunately, it appears that Obama has tabled his assault for now, but
that doesn’t mean it won’t be brought up again, probably tucked into some random
bill that has nothing to do with education or taxes.
Favorite quote from Professor Sparks: “Obama is going to do what Obama is
going to do.”
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January 30, 2014
Title: The Great Recession's Soup Line
Topic: The New Great Recesion
Discussed by Lee Wishing
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 3
Lee Wishing, the administrative director of The Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, recently had a tough conversation with his daughter about the state of the economy. She asked him if he thought there would be another Great Depression in her lifetime.
How would you answer? Listen in to hear what Lee has to say.
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Title: Part 2 of 3
Topic: The New Great Recesion
Discussed by Lee Wishing
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
The government changed the way it calculates inflation years ago. If they had not, today’s inflation rate would be nine percent.
Everyone has had to make changes in their spending habits to make ends meet. Everyone, that is, except the government.
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Title: Part 3 of 3
Topic: The New Great Recesion
Discussed by Lee Wishing
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Lee Wishing wraps up with a suggestion for the government: Spend one percent less this year than you spent last year. Do the same next year. And the next and the next.
Log on to www.VisionAndValues.org for more on this and other issues.
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March 27, 2012
Title: Obamacare: will it withstand constitutional scrutiny?
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 3
Special guest Dr. John Sparks answers:
Lets first look at the odd of a lawsuit making it all the way to be heard by the
U.S. Supreme Court. How many cases does the U.S. Supreme Court take each term?
Please explain for our listeners what is meant by term...
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Title: Part 2 of 3
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
What are briefs and what is
meant by oral arguments?
Does the U.S. Supreme Court usually just allow 60 minutes of oral arguments - 30 minutes for each side?
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Title: Part 3 of 3
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Why has the U.S. Supreme Court
scheduled five and half hours of oral arguments with Obamacare?
Does this allow for individual Justices to ask questions, and if they ask
questions, will this be an indication of which way they may be leaning?
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January 9, 2012
Title: Has Rick Santorum Been Re-Programmed By Rosetta Stone?
Topic: Presidential Politics
Discussed by Lee Wishing
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Part 1 of 2
Has Rick Santorum been Re-Programmed by Rosetta Stone, and what does that
mean?
What is the history of the namesake of the language program Rosetta Stone?
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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Presidential Politics
Discussed by Lee Wishing
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
How important was it for Rick
Santorum to place well in Iowa? What does proportional mean?
Will Romney just romp all over the other contestants, or will Santorum or maybe
another do well in New Hampshire?
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September 23, 2011
Title: Pat Robertson says you can dump your spouse if they contract Alzheimer’s. I say, “Wait a minute!”
Topic: Marriage
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Recently, Pat Robertson, chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, told his “700 Club” viewers that divorcing a wife with Alzheimer’s disease is justifiable.
According to the news story on the incident, Robertson’s apparent rationale was that one only vows to remain married until “death do us part,” and a late-stage Alzheimer’s spouse is effectively dead since the afflicted one cannot recognize her mate nor communicate effectively with him.
I disagree with Pat Robertson. Listen in and then send us your comments.
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December 20, 2010
Title: Obamacare and the US Constitution
Topic: Obamacare Neutered
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Segment 1 of 2
Is It The Beginning Of The End For ObamaCare? Federal District Court Judge in Virginia strikes down congressional mandate that all have to buy health care insurance or pay a fine. Judge Hudson states that nowhere in the US Constitution is there language granting congress such powers.
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Title: Obamacare and the US Constitution
Topic: Obamacare Neutered
Discussed by Professor John Sparks
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Segment 2 of 2
Will this suit ‘fast-track’ to the Supreme Court. Professor John Sparks explains the recent ruling of the Federal District Court Judge from Virginia, Judge Hudson. This judge ruled that the US Constitution does NOT give Congress the power to tell Americans they have to buy something or be fined. Questions remaining, “When will the US Supreme Court hear the case? And how will it rule?” Professor Sparks teaches law at Grove City College.
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December 13, 2010
Title: Best of Story: The Real Saint Nick
Topic: Christmas
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Jesus is the real reason for the season. But how do you explain all the
gift-giving to your children? Professor Throckmorton shares the true story about
“Saint Nick”. This is a great ‘teaching-story’ for everyone, especially
children.
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December 21, 2009
Title: THE REAL SAINT NICK
Topic: Christmas
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Did you know that there really was a “Saint Nick”? This is a great story to tell your young children. Spread the Christmas Joy - Jesus!
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October 27, 2008
Title: OBAMA, PLUMBER JOE, AND THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS - A BEST OF SEGMENT
Topic: Obama Nation
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Guest Dr. Warren Throckmorton tells the whole truth behind “Plumber Joe” and the Obama quote. Also, did Obama sell his soul to the Democratic Socialists of America? What do they advocate? What will happen “the day after”? Log onto www.wthrockmorton.com for more.
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October 21, 2008
Title: OBAMA, PLUMBER JOE, AND THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS
Topic: Obama Nation
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Guest Dr. Warren Throckmorton tells the whole truth behind “Plumber Joe” and the Obama quote. Also, did Obama sell his soul to the Democratic Socialists of America? What do they advocate? What will happen “the day after”? Log onto www.wthrockmorton.com for more.
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Title: PALIN, PENTECOSTALS, AND EVANGELICALS
Topic: Palin, Sarah
Discussed by Dr. Steven L. Jones
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Should Evangelicals avoid voting for a woman – for any office? Should Americans avoid voting for a Christian? Should Baptists avoid voting for a Pentecostal? Guest Dr. Steven L. Jones is with Grove City College.
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February 2, 2007
Title: WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEX SINS?
Topic: Sex Sins
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
What are sex sins and what are the consequences of them? How should we handle unnatural or unwanted attractions towards others?
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November 29, 2006
Title: EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS HAVE SHOWN A DISMAYING TALENT FOR TURING INTO TUMORS
Topic: Stem Cell Research
Discussed by Dr. Durwood Ray
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Dr. Ray, fellow for medical ethics at The Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, breaks down the facts about adult stem cell research vs. embryonic stem cell research. Is embryonic stem cell research the triumph that the medical field wants us to believe? On the contrary, is it a tumor-causing nightmare!
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November 21, 2006
Title: UNPROTECTED
Topic: Harmful Side Effects of Casual Sex
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Dr. Throckmorton shares information that is too frightening to ignore!
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November 8, 2006
Title: DOES THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVE DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR KIDS WILL BE GAY OR STRAIGHT? Seg 1 of 2
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Is homosexuality in your genes? Segment 1 of 2
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Title: DOES THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVE DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR KIDS WILL BE GAY OR STRAIGHT? Seg 2 of 2
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Does the environment where you live, family structure, and child abuse cause you to be gay? Or do you simply learn it?
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October 19, 2006
Title: CHILDHOOD FACTORS THAT LEAD TO BECOMING GAY Segment 1 of 2
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Is the closet to blame? Did other gay Congressman and their staffers cover up the Foley hunt? Dr. Warren Throckmorton is the producer of the documentary, "I Do Exist", regarding sexual orientation and his columns have been published in over 100 newspapers. Log onto www.drthrockmorton.com to learn more.
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Title: CHILDHOOD FACTORS THAT LEAD TO BECOMING GAY Segment 2 of 2
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
BREAKING NEWS: A study in Denmark shows the "environment" contributes to boys becoming gay - it's not in their genes after all! Log onto www.drthrockmorton.com for more information.
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October 4, 2006
Title: WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WORDS KILL
Topic: Christian Values
Discussed by Lee Wishing
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
What was done 20 years ago to a 12-year-old boy that would cause him to kill himself and 5 little girls in Paradise, PA?
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September 19, 2006
Title: THE ROOT CAUSE OF SEX SINS
Topic: Sex Sins
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Is homosexuality genetic or is it a learned behavior? What causes same-sex attraction? Can “Sex-sins” be overcome and, if so, how? What do all “sex-sins” have in common? Is there hope and help available? Dr. Warren Throckmorton explains.
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Title: SEXUAL ORIENTATION CANNOT CHANGE. OR CAN IT?
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Has Sheryl Swoops changed her sexual orientation? Gay and Lesbian activists deny that this can happen. Mental health groups also say sexual orientation is unchangeable.
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Title: THE NEW SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE: DEPRESSION
Topic: Depression
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Does depression cause drug use and risky sexual behavior? Or, does drug use and risky sexual behavior cause (lead to) depression?
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September 15, 2006
Title: THE ROOT CAUSE OF SEX SINS
Topic: Sex Sins
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Is homosexuality genetic or is it a learned behavior? What causes same-sex attraction? Can “Sex-sins” be overcome and, if so, how? What do all “sex-sins” have in common? Is there hope and help available? Dr. Warren Throckmorton explains.
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April 5, 2006
Title: INTOLERANT LIBERALS
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays) was evicted from the Virginia School Counselors Association annual convention exhibit hall. They had applied and paid for - and received permission - to have a booth at the convention. But, as is the norm, Liberal pro-homoesexuals complained and the Director of the convention had PFOX removed from the exhibit hall! For more on this shocking story, log onto www.PFOX.org
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February 13, 2006
Title: Cartoons, Religion, and the Constitution
Topic: Islam: Understand the Truth About Islam
Discussed by Dr. John VanTil
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Dr. VanTil explains how the Muhammad cartoon incident is the latest chapter in the 30-year-old revival of a world-wide Jihad, or Holy War, against Christians and Jews.
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January 11, 2006
Title: Does Abortion Impact the Mental Health of Women?
Topic: Mental Health
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
A New Zealand study raises important questions about the impact of abortion on the mental health of women. The study is virtually ignored in the US. Why? For more info, log onto www.warrenthrockmorton.com
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December 19, 2005
Title: The Real Saint Nick
Topic: Christmas
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
There really was a Saint Nick! Professor Warren Throckmorton, with Grove City College, tells how Saint Nick came to be.
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December 9, 2005
Title: The Real Saint Nick
Topic: Christmas
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
There really was a Saint Nick! Professor Warren Throckmorton, with Grove City College, tells how Saint Nick came to be.
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December 8, 2005
Title: The Real Saint Nick
Topic: Christmas
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
There really was a Saint Nick! Professor Warren Throckmorton, with Grove City College, tells how Saint Nick came to be.
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December 1, 2005
Title: The New Sexually Transmitted Disease: Depression
Topic: Depression
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Does depression cause drug usage and risky sexual behavior or does drug usage and risky sexual behavior cause (lead to) depression?
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November 8, 2005
Title: Sexual Orientation Cannot Change. Or can it?
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Has Sheryl Swoops changed her sexual orientation? Gay and Lesbian activists deny that this can happen. Mental health groups also say sexual orientation is unchangeable.
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September 20, 2005
Title: A Thankful Michael Newdow Segment 1 of 2
Topic: The Pledge of Allegiance
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Who is Michael Newdow saying thank you to? Why remove the words "under God" form the Pledge of Allegiance? Can man subdue his sinful nature? What's next? www.drthrockmorton.com
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Title: A thankful Michael Newdow Segment 2 of 2
Topic: The Pledge of Allegiance
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Who is Michael Newdow saying thankyou to? Why remove the words "under God" form the Pledge of Allegiance? Can man subdue his sinful nature? What's next? www.drthrockmorton.com
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August 22, 2005
Title: Should Raunchy be the 4th R
Topic: Education
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Should public school students have unristricted access to books about oral sex, sex with infants, adult-child sex and teacher- pupil sex? www.drthrockmorton.com selected listing of objectionable books: www.wpaag.org
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Title: Should Raunchy be the 4th R Segment 2 of 2
Topic: Education
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Should public school students have unristricted access to books about oral sex, sex with infants, adult-child sex and teacher- pupil sex? www.drthrockmorton.com selected listing of objectionable books: www.wpaag.org
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July 21, 2005
Title: What's in your genes?
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Are sexual preferences changeable? What should we teach our children? How do we prepare them to face temptation? If you have talked to your teen about the dangers of driving under the influence, have you also talked to them about the life-threatening dangers of sexual activity outside of marriage?
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June 20, 2005
Title: PTA Wants PFLAG Not PFOX
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Dr. Throckmorton warns about the bias within the PTA. An agenda driven homosexual group, PFLAG, was chosen to present a workshop and training at the exclusion of PFOX. Why?
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March 14, 2005
Title: Should a mental health client have the right to self-determine their own sexual identity?
Topic: Homosexuality
Discussed by Professor Dr. Warren Throckmorton
with Grove City College (www.gcc.edu)
Megellan health Services cans a respected member of their national Provider Advisory Committee because of his belief that a client has the right to self-determine their own sexual identity. Dr. Throckmorton discusses his removal from the Magellan Committee. For more on exiting the homosexual life style, log onto www.idoexist.com
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