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Allentown Morning Call
April 6, 2018
"Just as courage takes its stand by others in challenging situations, so compassion takes its stand with others in their distress." This statement was made by William J. Bennett in "The Book of Virtues." Aristotle also observed that "We become brave by doing brave acts." Bennett goes on to say that aspects ofÃâà...
New York Times
April 2, 2018
For example, he quotes William J. Bennett, the education secretary in the Reagan administration, who warned that “nonjudgmentalism … has permeated our culture, encouraging a paralysis of the moral faculty.” He also cites the conservative political scientist James Q. Wilson, who argued that neglectingÃâà...
Terre Haute Tribune Star
March 21, 2018
... Candy Crowley, Peyton Manning, William J. Bennett, Jim Lovell, Gwen Ifill, ice cream entrepreneurs Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield, Andrew Young, Paul Volcker, Naomi Wolf, Ross Perot, Sister Helen Prejean, Bill Bradley, Paul Tsongas, Seymour Hersh, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Will and Carl Rowan.
Vox
March 9, 2018
In 2008, National Review's William J. Bennett wrote, “Barack Obama's position on negotiating with U.S. enemies betrays a profound misreading of history,” adding that if Obama were to meet with Iranian officials, “he will lower the prestige of the office of the president.” Obama's views on meeting withÃâà...
Ricochet.com
January 26, 2018
Steve Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts and the Finance Chair at the RNC joined Bill and explored the thought that President Trump could be the right guy at the right time for America. Joel Farkas, Director of the American Strategy Group, joined Bill us to discuss the Trump economy and where itÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
October 27, 2017
Four years ago, U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett authored a provocative book whose title was a study in ambiguity. Did “Is College Worth It?” refer to four-year costs often running into six figures? Failure of many degrees to ensure a lucrative career, as they used to? A handful of other negativeÃâà...
Daily Signal
June 29, 2017
A commuter reads a newspaper with a New York Department of Health ad urging people to carry naloxone, an antidote for an opioid overdose. As an opioid epidemic spreads, health departments are urging the carrying of naloxone on the off chance one encounters an overdosed addict. (Photo: Richard B.
Education Week (blog)
July 26, 2016
Conservative Leaders for Education aims to promote school choice, local control, "transparent" and "timely" accountability, and "high academic standards" chosen by states as they shift to ESSA, the new federal education law passed last year. The idea behind the group is to push those principles inÃâà...
New York Times
November 1, 2013
ON HIS nationally syndicated radio show, “Bill Bennett's Morning in America,” William J. Bennett often advises students about college. Stories from callers burdened by student loans inspired his latest book, “Is College Worth It?,” written with David Wilezol. Dr. Bennett, 70, is not surprised that the cost of aÃâà...
New York Times
November 1, 2013
ON HIS nationally syndicated radio show, “Bill Bennett's Morning in America,” William J. Bennett often advises students about college. Stories from callers burdened by student loans inspired his latest book, “Is College Worth It?,” written with David Wilezol. Dr. Bennett, 70, is not surprised that the cost of aÃâà...
Salon
December 31, 1999
William J. Bennett, with John P. Walter and Dilulio, penned "Body Count" in 1996 and promoted the theory that superpredators would skyrocket the level of teenage violence by the new millennium. But violent crime declined; what surged was the juvenile justice population. The reality that the U.S. has theÃâà...
Inside Higher Ed
December 31, 1999
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is hosting a star-studded "summit" on education today in Washington. The event will feature a bipartisan group of speakers, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and at least five of her predecessors. DeVos will join William J. Bennett,Ãâà...
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