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William J. Bennett
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William J. Bennett

William J. Bennett served as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H. W. Bush and as Secretary of Education and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under President Reagan. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Williams College, a doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Texas, and a law degree from Harvard. He is the author of such bestselling books as The Educated Child, The Death of Outrage, The Book of Virtues, and the two-volume series America: The Last Best Hope. Dr. Bennett is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show Bill Bennett's Morning in America. He is also the... Read full bio

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Excerpt 1 from Moral Compass
Apr 02, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from The Children's Book of Heroes
Oct 13, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Children's Book of Virtues
Oct 06, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Book of Virtues
Aug 04, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The Educated Child
Aug 04, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Our Country's Founders
Jul 27, 2012
Our Sacred Honor will be released on July 13, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Jul 13, 2010
Our Sacred Honor is now available in Trade Paperback
Jul 13, 2010
Book of Virtues will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Book of Virtues is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
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Dec 12, 2009
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The True Saint Nicholas
Nov 03, 2009
The True Saint Nicholas will be released on November 03, 2009 in eAudio
Nov 03, 2009
The True Saint Nicholas is now available in Compact Disk, eAudio
Nov 03, 2009
The True Saint Nicholas is now available in eBook
Oct 27, 2009
The True Saint Nicholas will be released on October 27, 2009 in eBook
Oct 27, 2009

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Blogcritics.org, May 17, 2013
...Is College Worth It? ask right-wing academic William J. Bennett and his co-author Davu Wilezol, and they answer with a resounding, if perhaps neither particularly surprising nor earth-shaking, "not necessarily". This is a little book on a big...
Education News, May 15, 2013
...former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett’s new book, “Is College Worth it? in the Washington Times today: William J. Bennett and David Wilezol’s “Is College Worth It?”... Read more »...
Turkmenistan News.net, May 14, 2013
...FORMER UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND A LIBERAL ARTS GRADUATE EXPOSE THE BROKEN PROMISE OF HIGHER EDUCATIONBy William J. Bennett with David WilezolThomas Nelson, $22.99, 240 pagesWilliam J. Bennett and David Wilezol’s ';Is College Worth It?';...
Yahoo! Finance, May 10, 2013
...Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett is out with a provocatively-titled new book: "Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of...
BreakPoint, April 11, 2013
...18, 2013 Gina Dalfonzo | BreakPoint.org blog | March 20, 2013 Accidentaldevotional.com | March 19, 2013 William J. Bennett | Thomas Nelson Publishers| February 2011 Calvin Miller | Thomas Nelson Publishers| February 2008 Eric Metaxas | Thomas...
Washington Times, March 28, 2013
...for ?Morning in America,? a nationally syndicated radio show hosted by former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett...
Washington Times, March 14, 2013
...for ?Morning in America,? a nationally syndicated radio show hosted by former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett...
RocketNews, May 10, 2013
...By Zac Bissonnette Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett is out with a provocatively-titled new book: “Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of...
Yahoo! Finance, May 10, 2013
...Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett is out with a provocatively-titled new book: "Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of...
New Criterion, May 1, 2013
...have been destructive morally as well as intellectually. “Although Bowdoin still shapes character,” the former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett writes in his forward to the report, “it does not actively or intentionally seek to shape good...
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, April 30, 2013
...Dr. Bennett recently spoke at the Fordham Institute on the state of American education. Photo by Gage Skidmore William J. Bennett, former U.S. education secretary (and former NEH chairman, drug czar, widely published author, radio host, and political...
American Enterprise Institute, April 27, 2013
...answer in the joint video retrospective: A Nation at Risk: 30 Years Later, featuring commentary from Lamar Alexander, William J. Bennett, Arne Duncan, David Driscoll, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Milton Goldberg, Frederick M. Hess, Michael J. Petrilli, Diane...
American Enterprise Institute, April 26, 2013
...answer in the joint video retrospective: A Nation at Risk: 30 Years Later, featuring commentary from Lamar Alexander, William J. Bennett, Arne Duncan, David Driscoll, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Milton Goldberg, Frederick M. Hess, Michael J. Petrilli, Diane...
Individual.com, April 25, 2013
...the company. K12 was founded by convicted junk bond trader Michael Milken and former federal Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. K12 -- which is also under scrutiny in Colorado, Georgia and Tennessee -- has sought to manage a taxpayer-financed,...