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The deadly legacy of the political Dr. Fauci
August 24, 2022. Basically, every criticism made of Dr. Fauci over the past two years have been shown to be more accurate and/or truthful...

Peter Lorenzi
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Steps towards the demise of Henderson State
When I was dean at Central Arkansas, Henderson State seemed to be a pretty dynamic college. Apparently not any more. The school has...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 25, 20221 min read
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Weighing evils: Abortion versus capital punishment
Progressive Jesuit (sorry, I repeat myself) tried to besmirch those who protest the Catholic Church's willingness to look the other way...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 24, 20222 min read
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The great resignation relaxation
July 24, 2022. Is America dying? I mean literally, dying. Are we short of workers needed to keep the economy, or aging population and our...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 24, 20224 min read
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No defense for the protected privileged elite
July 24, 2022. Peggy Noonan, along with a number of limousine liberals, seem unable to recognize their own protected status as what it...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 24, 20222 min read
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Knowing the difference between healthcare and medical care...
July 15, 2022 ...is a matter of life OR death. Confusing health care with medical care can be a fatal mistake in any analysis of life...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 15, 20223 min read
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My Harpur College memories
Reminiscing about my college days while watching a "making of" video about Animal House made me want to go back and explore my own...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 14, 20222 min read
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The culture war over the Middle Ages
July 14, 2022 "The left thinks it was too white while the Catholic New Right sees much to admire." We are facing a war on the nuclear...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 14, 20223 min read
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NPR climate change follies
Anyone who sees NPR as credible, objective, science-based journalism is delusional. Here is a good example. National Public Radio (NPR)...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 11, 20222 min read
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Admissions without applications
Stories like this make me happy that I am cynical, especially about higher ed. Davis & Elkins College is a small institution (a little...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 11, 20222 min read
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Thomas Sowell: The brave soul of black conservatism
May 28, 2021. No need to change a word in this thoughtful piece.... Economist Thomas Sowell has grown accustomed to a certain type of...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 8, 20229 min read
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Wokeism: Critical institution theory
August 2021. My theory – my critical institutional theory – is that the loss of credibility is but a symptom of a greater problem. And...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 8, 20224 min read
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Another addition to the "great to be gone" cohort
Shortly after leaving academe -- after fifty years of being absorbed in that "institution," as in "you belong in an institution" -- three...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 7, 20222 min read
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Green movement taking us backwards
Recently saw an article trying to dispel "myths" of electric vehicles (TVs), namely that they are much more palatable than we believe....

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 6, 20222 min read
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The sad state of marriage -- and families -- today
Fewer getting married, and when they do, they marry later. If you want to understand mental health and Millennial angst, you need to...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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Climate variance versus climate change
Tony Heller does it again. And clearly John P. Holdren -- Obama's climate czar -- is either changing his mind, or he has just lost his...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 5, 20221 min read
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Lies, damned lies and public school spending
From a classic analysis, "the true cost of public education." So this week, a letter to the editor at the Wall Street Journal repeats a...

Peter Lorenzi
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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Harvard speaker shames rampant anti-americanism
This is the senior speech that Julie Hartman ‘22 delivered in Harvard’s Memorial Chapel on May 3, 2022. The audio of the speech can be...

Peter Lorenzi
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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The abortion faux outrage
June 27, 2022. Living in a constitutional republic -- not a direct democracy -- should remind us of both words, 'constitutional' and...

Peter Lorenzi
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Models, lies and Michael Mann
"Unprecedented" weather is just .Nothing unprecedented about it. Take a look at New Mexico, for example. These much beloved New Mexico...

Peter Lorenzi
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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