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“You must read this book.” —GLENN BECK, founder of The Blaze Network
"A voice of reason amidst the insanity and pabulum of the current generation!" —STEVE LARGENT, NFL Hall of Fame
"Dr. Piper is a dose of reality in a world of college fantasies." —JIM GARLOW, author of This Precarious Moment
"Dr. Piper is one of the leading thinkers in America. Everyone should read this book." —KELLY SHACKELFORD, ESQ., president, CEO, and Chief Counsel, First Liberty Institute
What has happened to the American spirit?
We've gone from "Give me liberty, or give me death!" to "Take care of me, please."
Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they're bastions of speech codes.
Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood.
Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police.
In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, "This Is Not a Day Care. It's a University!," takes a hard look at what's happening around the countryincluding the demand for "safe spaces" and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlinand digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.
"A voice of reason amidst the insanity and pabulum of the current generation!" —STEVE LARGENT, NFL Hall of Fame
"Dr. Piper is a dose of reality in a world of college fantasies." —JIM GARLOW, author of This Precarious Moment
"Dr. Piper is one of the leading thinkers in America. Everyone should read this book." —KELLY SHACKELFORD, ESQ., president, CEO, and Chief Counsel, First Liberty Institute
What has happened to the American spirit?
We've gone from "Give me liberty, or give me death!" to "Take care of me, please."
Our colleges were once bastions of free speech; now they're bastions of speech codes.
Our culture once rewarded independence; now it rewards victimhood.
Parents once taught their kids how to fend for themselves; now, any parent who tries may get a visit from the police.
In Not a Day Care, Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University and author of the viral essay, "This Is Not a Day Care. It's a University!," takes a hard look at what's happening around the countryincluding the demand for "safe spaces" and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlinand digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781621576051 |
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Publisher: | Salem Books |
Publication date: | 08/07/2017 |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 5.60(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Dr. Everett Piper is the national bestselling author of Not a Daycare: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth and the 2016 recipient of the Jeane Kirkpatrick Award for Academic Freedom. He served as the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University for 17 years, leading the school from relative obscurity to become one of today’s leading Christian universities. Piper is a contributing columnist for The Washington Times and has been featured on FOX and Friends, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Rubin Report, NBC’s TODAY Show, and numerous other outlets. Dr. Piper and his wife now reside in Bartlesville, OK, and have two sons.
Table of Contents
1 Crying Ourselves to Death 1
2 The Snowflake Insanity 13
3 I'll Bet You Think Life Is about You 25
4 Pro-Woman-and Proud of It! 37
5 Corrupted and Compromising Christian Universities 45
6 Ideas Have Consequences 57
7 The Prodigal University 69
8 The Intolerance of the Tolerant Left 79
9 Do We Really Trust Ourselves? 91
10 Our Cultural Aversion to Adversity 103
11 Our Education Nightmare 119
12 Sex in the Family 131
13 Thank God for the Church 147
14 Advice for Concerned Parents 165
15 The University Leadership Vacuum 179
Conclusion The Unity of First Things 191
Acknowledgments 197
Notes 201
Index 219
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