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The Confused ‘Gender Queer’ World the Left Is Making for Children0
One of my favorite current sources of unintentional humor, NPR, provided another comedy jewel the other day. It was an interview with Maia Kobabe, the author of Gender Queer: A Memoir, a book NPR describes as a “graphic memoir” (meaning it includes illustrations throughout like a comic book). This book has been getting critical attention
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Parents Want a Complete Overhaul of the Education System2
In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized testing, college prep and a one-size-fits-all model and toward personalized curricula, practical skills and subject mastery. A new Purpose of Education Index survey released by the Massachusetts-based national
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What Paul Ehrlich and Groundhog Day Have in Common5
- Science
- January 31, 2023
Out he pops every Feb. 2 to the music, shouts, and fanfare of thousands of spectators, Punxsutawney Phil of Pennsylvania, the most celebrated prognosticator of weather in the United States. Should Phil cast his shadow on this auspicious date, the country will face six more weeks of winter. No shadow, and an early spring is
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Japan Faces Demographic Disaster2
- Politics, International
- January 31, 2023
Japan’s Prime Minister has warned that his country will fall over an economic and social cliff unless it reverses its population decline. “Our country is on the brink of being unable to maintain the functions of society,” said Fumio Kishida at the beginning of this year’s Diet session. Mr Kishida’s apocalyptic statement is by no means news.
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Should Women Settle for Mr. Good Enough?8
Recently, a male friend who has asked me out several times sent me a Facebook message about psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb’s best-selling book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. He thought I might find it interesting, and whether or not this was a ploy to make me regret shooting him down remains
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Are Your Beliefs Rational? Four Tests to Evaluate Your Worldview1
- Philosophy
- January 30, 2023
Theologian and philosopher Richard J. Mouw recounts once seeing a car with a Playboy bunny sticker on the rear window and a statue of the Virgin Mary on the front dashboard. He initially assumed that there was a reasonable explanation to the apparent contradiction: a Catholic wife and a brazen spouse, perhaps? Only later did
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Children Are Our Ticket Out of the Marxist Mindset1
The other week British Olympian Laura Kenny announced that she was expecting another child. The announcement in the BBC sports section caught my eye for two reasons: the first that this child was being welcomed into a married, two-parent home, and the second, that Kenny was so anxious and eager to see her baby arrive safely.
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Project Veritas Exposes Pfizer and Big Pharma3
- Breaking News, Science
- January 27, 2023
Journalism has seen better days. Once upon a time, the profession involved, at least in theory, a commitment to tell the truth—regardless of who it offended. But in recent decades, journalists have revealed themselves to be more interested in serving powerful interests than exposing them. There is, thankfully, a diamond in the rough: James O’Keefe.
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Parents: Take Charge of Your Children’s Education0
Are America’s public schools falling apart? The evidence certainly points in that direction. In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” found historic declines in reading and math scores among American students. Scores by grade level and subject fell dramatically in all categories. In my state of Virginia,
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