I was intrigued by the strategic objectives statement of CCU beyond this charge: "Impact our culture in support of traditional family values, sanctity of life, compassion for the poor, Biblical view of human nature, limited government, personal freedom, free markets, natural law, original intent of constitution and Western civilization;"
Further down it says: "Debunk "spent ideas" and those who traffic in them;" http://www.ccu.edu/welcome/objectives.asp The end of this statement using the phrase "spent ideas" seems to get quoted mainly by the right. Does anyone know the source of this? I don't have a copy of Fukuyama's End of History, and perhaps the path is there. Perhaps CCU was parroting this quote: "The neoconservative agenda is a particular threat to liberty perhaps greater than the ideologically spent ideas of left-liberalism" http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-09-03.html, but I think it must have a more interesting history, since some spent ideas can resemble spent materials, and as toxic waste, have longer half-lives. Ann
