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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 country--including the demand for "safe spaces" and trigger warnings at universities like Yale, Brandeis, and Oberlin--and digs in his heels against the sad and dangerous infantilization of the American spirit.
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Dr. Everett Piper is the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) . He is the author of Why I Am a Liberal, and Other Conservative Ideas and the viral op-ed, "This is not a Day Care. It's a University!" In 2015 he received the Jeanne Kirkpatrick Award for Academic Freedom from the Bradley Foundation and the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) . Piper is a sought after speaker and frequent guest on news programs discussing academic and religious liberty, among other touchstones. He has been featured on FOX & Friends, NBC Today! Show, Varney & Co., The O'Reilly Factor, The Glenn Beck Show, and a host of other radio and television venues. Piper also writes routinely for a number of publications, including [example, example, and example]. A native of Hillsdale, Michigan, Dr. Piper, his wife, and their two sons, have served as OKWU's First Family since August of 2002. He actively participates on a variety of councils relating to cultural engagement and public policy. For more information, visit everettpiper.com https://www.facebook.com/dreverettpiper/ https://twitter.com/dreverettpiper
