Politics

Parents: Take Charge of Your Children’s Education 0
- Politics, Education
- January 27, 2023
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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How a Fairy Tale Prince Became an Anti-Hero 3
- Politics, International
- January 26, 2023
If there is a figure that is not a role model, it is Prince Harry, son of Charles III of the United Kingdom. His ghostwriter-assisted memoir, Spare, presents not a fairy tale prince but a postmodern anti-hero intent upon destroying the ancient structures around him. The sordid details of the author’s tragic life are best left
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Jacinda Ardern and Whether Women Can Really ‘Have It All’5
- Politics, Family
- January 24, 2023
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern certainly hasn’t been on my list of favorite people for the last several years, largely due to her draconian COVID policies on masks, vaccines, and quarantines, and her “government knows best” attitude. But I finally had something to applaud her for the other day when she announced her resignation,
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To Love the Truth 0
- Politics, Religion
- January 19, 2023
Renowned radio Bible teacher Chuck Swindoll tells a story about a 6-year-old boy riding with his mother on a train. During those days, kids traveled with their parents and weren’t charged if the child was 5 or under. Before getting on board, a mother instructed her son to tell the conductor he was 5. Later,
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WaPo Admits: Russian Twitter Trolls Didn’t Influence 2016 Election 1
- International, Politics
- January 18, 2023
Those of us who voted for Trump the first time around were surprised to learn after the fact that it was not us, but instead Russian trolls, who catapulted the real estate magnate into the White House. We were told that Russian trolls “hacked” the election—and that Trump was complicit. This was, of course, a
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God’ll Cut You Down: Johnny Cash, Cato, and Triumphant Good 2
- Politics, Culture
- January 18, 2023
In Johnny Cash’s version of the gospel song “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” the opening chorus goes this way: “You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down” Not a
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