National Humanities Institute, 1988 (There are still problems with adding links here, but go to the publisher’s website or amazon and buy the book!)
Essays by Solveig Eggerz, Paul Gottfried, Russell Kirk, Claes G. Ryn, Peter Stanlis
Back Cover:
“If there is a single thread that runs through these essays, it is the recognition of a universal order that transcends the flux of human life and gives meaning to it. Insofar as men act in accordance with this order, they experience true happiness and are brought into community with others who are similarly motivated. But men are afflicted with contrary impulses that are destructive of universal order. When acted upon, these impulses bring suffering and a sense of meaninglessness and despair; the result is disintegration and conflict – within both the personality and society at large. Yet so tempting are the attactions of these impulses that they frequently prevail and must be taken into account in any realistic assessment of human affairs. This tension within the person between competing desires – the conflict between what Plato called the One and the Many – is the ultimate reality of human experience. To apprehend this reality, and to act in the light of the transcendent purpose with appropriate reverence and restraint, is the essence of wisdom; and to help deepen and strengthen this apprehension – through philosophy, history, literature, and the arts and sciences – is the overarching purpose of any education worthy of the name.”
From the Foreword [by Baldacchino]
Contents:
Claes G. Ryn: The Humanities and Moral Reality
Russell Kirk: The Ethical Purpose of Literary Studies
Paul Gottfried: Education and the American Political Tradition
Peter J. Stanlis: The Humanities in Secondary Education
Solveig Eggerz: Permanence and the History Curriculum

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Authors Alan Sears and Craig Osten expose the goals of the homosexual movement and its rising legal activism. The homosexual agenda has as its primary aim to “trump” the rights of all other groups, especially those of people of faith. The saddest part of the story is that it is working. In 1988, 74.9 percent of the American public thought that sex between two people of the same gender was always wrong. By 1998, the percentage had fallen to 54.6 percent. Sears and Osten provide well-documented proof that America; is not only becoming more tolerant of homosexuality, through the indoctrination of children, positive exposure on TV, and the support and approval of corporate America, it is becoming less tolerant of those who disagree.

