Who we are and why we do it.

Lets start with the why. Why start with the why when almost everyone with enough brains to carry a lunch sack to work understands the why?

We start with the why because recent history has demonstrated that for FAR too many college administrators and professors the reasoning and purpose of the First Amendment completely escapes them. How is it that one can leave high school having a basic understanding of freedom of speech and then leave graduate school having no ability to grasp the concept whatsoever?

Without debate and without criticism no administration and no country can succeed, and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solan decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy and that is why the press was protected by the First Amendment.  – JFK

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small degree of it. – Thomas Jefferson

That is why our motto is  ”audacter per claro”  – translated it means boldness with clarity of mind because we prefer clarity to comfort.

As for the who

IUSB Vision staff is made up of IU South Bend students and alumni who have a more traditional, libertarian, or conservative viewpoint as opposed to the ‘think progress’ Marxism, far leftism, or pick your favorite euphemism, that is often presented as academic truth by so many academics today. We write about what ever we find interesting.

We are also dedicated to educating those who point at anyone who is not a far left ideologue and screams “FASCIST”. Someone has to explain the values of free and fair markets, and liberty tempered by restraint and personal responsibility, because our universities are not getting the job done.

Why Are Conservatives So Mean?

You wont find the most graceful use of rhetoric or even perfect grammar (after all we are publicly educated), but what you will find is some of the best news and analysis that can be found anywhere.

Our work has been featured in National Review, The Torch (www.thefire.org), Brietbart, WordPress Top Posts, The Warroom, Huffington Post, Pajamas Media, and The Drudge Report.

By the way, speaking of fascists….

Petition to redistribute GPA’s
The Broken Window Falacy:

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Dear Vision Readers,

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