Ignorance Leads to Fear; Fear Leads to Disaster

Arthur C. Donart, Ph. D. wrote this essay. There was considerable focus in the media over the recent Governor’s race in Virginia, and rightly so.  The GOP candidate, Glen Youngkin, promised that if voters elected him, he would, “on day one” (trite...

What a Difference a Word Makes!

Dr. Arthur C. Donart, Ph. D. wrote this essay. I use to be on the Editorial Board of Timely Issues in Education while I was an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University in Macomb.  There were three of us, and we read all articles that were...

Democracy Doesn’t Work Well, Unless It Is Democratic

Dr. Arthur C. Donart, Ph. D. wrote this essay. I have long believed voting in our elections is a sacred duty.  I am a Korean Conflict Veteran and was unable to vote until I was 21 years of age.  In the midst of the Vietnam War we constantly would hear the argument,...

Abortion:  Confession of a Pro-Life Turncoat

This essay was written by Dr. Arthur C. Donart, Ph. I grew up in a pre-Vatican II Catholic Church.  I studied for the Priesthood in a Franciscan minor seminary for two years.  There, one learns not to question authority, or Church teaching for that matter.  We...
ISIL, the Taliban, and the Ten Commandments

ISIL, the Taliban, and the Ten Commandments

Arthur C. Donart, PhD wrote this essay. A Sunday, May 9, 2021, Washington Post article by Susannah George and Sharif Hassan elucidates the tragedy of a horrible bombing of a Hazara girls’ school.  This attack killed at least 50 girls and wounded 100...