The Rockford Institute, America's foremost cultural thinktank, amazingly located in the middle of nowhere, Illinois, is the sole reason I've visited Rockford every single year the last 3 years. The Institute looks critically at our culture - our music, movies, literature of the present, by referencing the important lessons of our classical and Christian pasts. Answering Tertullian's famous query, "What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?" through single-day events, week-long Summer Schools, week-long abroad Winter Schools, and annual John Randolph Club meetings. Learn more at www.chroniclesmagazine.org and rockfordinstitute.org. read more