Douglas Feith, Dennis Prager, Georgetown University and Dangerous Ideas

I appreciate the balanced approach that Dennis Prager takes to almost everything. His radio talk show is one of my favorites for just that reason. He takes pride in making sure that those who oppose his viewpoints get adequate time to engage him online. Therefore, it makes sense that he would champion the cause of Douglas J. Feith, and have him on his show to talk about his situation.

Douglas Feith "served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position effective August 8, 2005. His official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense (DoD) relations with foreign countries, and DoD's role in U.S. Government interagency policymaking."

For two years he was a faculty member of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. However, his contract was not renewed because a small number of faculty members protested his conservative policy positions. In fact, they went so far as to call him a war criminal.

I guess that tells us what the left at Georgetown University really believes about academic freedom....

Feith was a guest on Dennis Prager's radio program yesterday, explaining the events surrounding his termination. During the course of the interview Prager praised profusely Feith's book War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism. Prager said that this memoir is "unputable downable." I guess I need to pick it up sometime when it is okay for me not to put it down.

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Christian Scholarship at the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society and Law

The following is an excerpt from the Colorado Springs Gazette:

They look like graduates waiting to march across the stage to get their diplomas.
But the students, seated around a granite table at Grace Church, dress in long, black academic robes every day.

All in their early 20s, they are the first class of fellows at the Colorado Springs-based John Jay Institute for Faith, Society and Law.

The six men and six women politely call each other by courtesy titles and last names, and engage in Socratic discussions four hours a day, four days a week. They are learning how to spread their moral beliefs in a thoughtful manner, without beating people over the head with their faith.

The yearlong program combines their calling to public life with their conservative Christian worldview. After a semester of academics, they will be interns at conservative think tanks in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, where they can further hone their skills in Christian persuasion.

“We are teaching students of faith how to engage a secular society,” explains Alan R. Crippen II, John Jay Institute’s founder and president. “It’s leadership development. We take bright, promising students and give them the intellectual and spiritual foundation for service in the community.”

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