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  • Is it Still Important to Teach Children to Sew?

    Is it Still Important to Teach Children to Sew?1

    When I was 10 years old, the opportunity to attend a living history program one summer day left me in a tizzy of anticipation. There was only one problem. I had outgrown all of my historically accurate costumes and had nothing to wear to the event. My mom assessed the situation, pulled out her sewing

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  • ‘Can’t You All See Me?’: The Blindness of Academic ‘Antiracism’

    ‘Can’t You All See Me?’: The Blindness of Academic ‘Antiracism’3

    Earlier this year, in an interview on a CNN podcast, one of the figureheads of contemporary so-called antiracism, Ibram X. Kendi, unwittingly described the effect of his own work and that of others in his movement: “And so, I mean, the attack on history, the attack on education opens the door to mass ignorance. And

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  • Former Teacher: 7 Ways Schools Are Creating ‘Empty’ Children

    Former Teacher: 7 Ways Schools Are Creating ‘Empty’ Children1

    In the early 1990s, New York Teacher of the Year, John Taylor Gatto, threw in the towel on teaching with his famous I Quit, I Think  letter to the Wall Street Journal. Gatto’s reason for quitting was simple. He could no longer justify teaching “a curriculum of confusion, class position, arbitrary justice, vulgarity, rudeness, disrespect

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  • ‘Stolen Youth’: A War We Have to Win

    ‘Stolen Youth’: A War We Have to Win0

    If you’re looking at birth rates by ideological persuasion, you’ll see that it’s not progressives having kids; they’re entrenched in anti-natalist propaganda. Their aim is ideological capture of a generation, but it’s not their kids they’re going to brainwash—it’s yours. That dire warning comes from the introduction to Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence

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  • Friday Comic: The Night Shift0

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  • The Solution to Pandemic Learning Loss Is Less Schooling, Not More

    The Solution to Pandemic Learning Loss Is Less Schooling, Not More0

    The latest data dump from the Nation’s Report Card reveals declining academic performance among US students. As with previous releases showing the same trend, especially over the past three years, the solution proposed by many education reformers and advocates is to double-down on the amount of schooling and school-like activities students get.  “The greatest challenge

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  • Who Funds American Universities? Doubts About the Big Donors

    Who Funds American Universities? Doubts About the Big Donors2

    There’s nothing wrong with billionaires, corporations, and philanthropic organizations giving money to our public and private universities, right? They’re just putting their fortunes to work for the benefit of the American people. They’re advancing our cultural and scientific development out of the goodness of their hearts. Think again. Universities are the heart of our intellectual

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  • Idaho Christians Are Compensated $300,000 for Rights Violations

    Idaho Christians Are Compensated $300,000 for Rights Violations1

    Just how untethered to the rule of law did the United States come during the Covid response? Before March 2020, most Americans would think that monitoring church attendance, banning Easter services, and arresting hymn singers were practices reserved for Eastern-style totalitarianism. The Soviet Union persecuted Christians and the Chinese have Muslim concentration camps, but Americans’

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  • ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and the Power of Learning from the Past

    ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and the Power of Learning from the Past0

    Ever since I first read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I have been enthralled with the brilliance of C.S. Lewis’ books for children. So, I was surprised when I first read John Milton’s Paradise Lost and stumbled across a few lines that were very familiar: His visage drawn he felt to sharp and

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