For years now, I've been on the mailing list for the 'Imprimis'. It's a monthly newsletter published by Hillsdale College. Hillsdale is a private, conservative college that will not accept government money. Won't even accept students who accept government money. No PELL Grants, no financial aid, not even ROTC programs. Hillsdale is completely, entirely private.
Every month there is a lecture delivered by a top authority on government, constitution and reality. Public Schools don't even know what those things are.
This month's Imprimis featured a lecture by Professor Charles R. Kesler. He made a statement that struck home and I wanted to share his comment. His address was about the liberal mentality that government, not God or Man, has the responsibility to provide equality and sustenance to the people.
He said, "Virtue was the way free people used to deal with their necessities. It took industry, frugality, and responsibility, for example, to go to work every morning to provide for your family. It took courage to handle the fears that inevitably come with life, especially in old age. But the new social and economic rights tended to undercut such virtues, subtly encouraging men and women to look to the government to provide for their needs and then to celebrate that dependency as if it were true freedom."
Wow . . . I love clarity like that.
Read the whole article and subscribe to the newsletter at hillsdale.edu
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