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  • The New Maoists Bind and Gag Academics

    The New Maoists Bind and Gag Academics0

    Recently I spoke with a teacher at an exclusive private school, tuition $40,000 per year, located in Northern Virginia. He described the ongoing deterioration of the school’s standards, including a dumbing down of academics, more cheating, parents demanding higher grades for their children, and a pervasive climate of political correctness. Last week the school’s administration

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  • Portland Mayor to Move Out of $800K Condo After Rioters Damage Building

    Portland Mayor to Move Out of $800K Condo After Rioters Damage Building0

    Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is moving out of his home after rioters descended Monday on the building that houses the Democrat’s $800,000 condo, setting fires and breaking windows, according to a news report. Wheeler sent an email Tuesday to other residents in his high-rise condo building saying that finding a different home would be “best

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  • Mother of Dead Trans Teen Seeks to Create a Child to Remember Him By

    Mother of Dead Trans Teen Seeks to Create a Child to Remember Him By0

    For the latest episode in the Reproductive Revolution, we turn to Scotland. A 16-year-old transgender girl, Ellie Anderson, died last month of “unascertained” causes, not long after commencing hormone therapy to enable him to become her. We mustn’t ignore the sorrow of Ellie’s mother or the sadness of an early death. But asking what constitutes

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  • Kids Must Learn History to Avoid Being Gaslighted by Media

    Kids Must Learn History to Avoid Being Gaslighted by Media1

    Growing up, history was one of my favorite school subjects. This might come as a surprise to some. After all, history class is traditionally thought of as the domain of the high school football coach who has very little interest in the subject itself, and therefore, passes little enthusiasm or knowledge of the past along

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  • Does Insurance Cover Rioting and Looting Damage?

    Does Insurance Cover Rioting and Looting Damage?0

    Since the death of George Floyd in late May, violent riots and looting have broken out in many major cities, eventually overshadowing peaceful protests and calls for criminal justice reform. From Portland to Chicago to Kenosha, rioters have smashed windows, lit fires, attacked government properties, assaulted people in the streets, and looted storefronts. In Minneapolis

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  • The President is Not Our National Savior

    The President is Not Our National Savior0

    Joe Biden wants you to believe he will end “American darkness” as he battles for the “soul of the nation.”  He recently lamented that “people are losing faith in what the president says.” Faith is complete trust based on something other than proof. What more dangerous an idea is there for a free people to hold than to have

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  • Should a Presidential Debate Moderator Play Fact Checker?

    Should a Presidential Debate Moderator Play Fact Checker?0

    The first of the 2020 presidential debates is less than a month away, with President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden scheduled to face off at Case Western Reserve University after Notre Dame withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden seems more than willing to face off against Trump, despite Nancy Pelosi’s call to cancel the

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  • How to Maintain a Partisan Friendship During an Election Year

    How to Maintain a Partisan Friendship During an Election Year0

    Throughout literary history, without concern for era or genre, there have been a slew of authors who happen to strike up long-lived friendships with fellow writers. Tolkien and Lewis, Emerson and Louisa May Alcott, and Twain and Ulysses S. Grant comprise a few exemplary pairs of writer-friends. However, one relationship among literary giants is often

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  • Appeals Court Says Trans Students May Use Restroom of Choice

    Appeals Court Says Trans Students May Use Restroom of Choice0

    A federal court decided last week that schools can’t ban students from using the restroom that matches their desired gender identity, in what BuzzFeed News called “a significant legal win for transgender rights.” The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit comes five years after Gavin Grimm sued the Gloucester

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