“Frustration is a persistent feeling for those of us who study and record the horrors of 20th century communism, as we see those horrors ignored repeatedly by our illustrious ‘scholars’ in the academy—and by people who erect statues to Stalin on American soil. … Can’t we learn anything from history? If Russians today can deconstruct the legacy of lies erected by Stalin to build up himself, then we Americans today can cease to erect monuments to the man on our own soil.”

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Dr. Paul Kengor – executive director for the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College – stands in proudly for Glen this weekend on the “Glen Meakem Program.”  As guest host, Paul interviews two terrific guests.  Jerry Bowyer – CNBC contributor, Forbes.com columnist, and author of [...]

“On the heels of a recent Sunday magazine profile of Glenn Beck, The New York Times published a roundtable discussion among six scholars on the issue of President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson has become a popular Beck target, and has suddenly emerged as a hot topic in our current politics.”

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“On this topic, I know of what I write. You see, I am a reformed ‘dupe-ee.’ … My argument was that despite being saddled by what I called ‘inherently problematic native logic,’ the appeasement of North Korea as of 1998 had been a surprising success. I was wrong. Having written a doctoral dissertation on the topic of appeasement, including a detailed analysis of how the policy of appeasement had failed to avert war in the 1930s, I was motivated to try to find a positive example. Could there be a case where appeasement worked? That example seemed to present itself with the so-called ‘Agreed Framework’ concluded between the United States and North Korea in 1994, led by Jimmy Carter.”

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Professor of political science and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College—Dr. Paul Kengor—explains, “It also is not a partisan issue. For over 60 years, Democrat and Republican presidents alike have suffered the daunting challenges posed by this belligerent dictatorship. Some responded weakly, some hawkishly, with neither party characterized by a single response…. What is interesting, however, has been the long battle within the American left over North Korea.” In his latest editorial, Dr. Kengor lays out two “internal” threats the left has suffered from when assessing North Korea.

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On this weekend’s radio program, Glen’s youngest son Matthew joins him in the studio.  The two of them spend some time reflecting on their thankfulness for God, family, and the United States of America.
Bob Fragasso, President and Founder of Fragasso Financial, also joins Glen with some current thoughts on investing in the [...]

“It shows, at great length, how the extreme left—namely the communist left—deliberately, cynically exploited the softer left, primarily progressives / liberals; the latter were unaware of the communists’ true, full intentions, or even that the communists were communists. … That said, not everyone on the liberal left was duped…. My heroes in the book are the liberal Democrats who weren’t suckered, or who, once fooled, repented, admitted their mistakes, and, in some cases, became excellent anti-communists. Really, this book is for liberals. I hope they will read it.”

Professor of political science and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College—Dr. Paul Kengor—responds to the former president’s claim on NBC News that “his work at home and abroad has been ‘superior’ to other presidents.” “Please understand,” Kengor concludes, “I’m not trying to be mean. But self-serving claims like Carter’s should be answered. Intentions are one thing, but results are another. The Carter record should not be celebrated nor emulated.”