Politics

Electric Cars Are Not ‘Zero-Emission Vehicles’4
- Culture, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized
- September 8, 2022
While praising California’s decision to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, Governor Gavin Newsom declared that this will require “100% of new car sales in California to be zero-emission vehicles” like “electric cars.” In reality, electric cars emit substantial amounts of pollutants and may be more harmful to the environment than conventional
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CNN Medical Analyst Says Masking Stunted Her Toddler’s Language Development 1
- Education, Family, Politics, Science
- September 7, 2022
During the 1960s, the phrase “the personal is political” became a rallying cry for second-wave feminists challenging the social framework that existed at the time. There was an unhealthy collectivist undercurrent to this idea—“There are no personal solutions at this time,” wrote Women’s Liberation Movement member Carol Hanisch in an essay on the topic, “There
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The Secret Curriculum 12
- Education, Culture, Family, Politics
- September 7, 2022
School is starting, but don’t count on getting answers about what your child is being taught. School administrators commonly lie or give parents the runaround. That explains the fireworks over Jeremy Boland, a Greenwich, Connecticut, elementary school assistant principal, bragging about how the school pushes kids to think in a “progressive” way that he hopes
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The Name Game Is Another Blow to Our Republic 10
- Politics, Western Civilization
- September 6, 2022
“Semi-fascist.” That’s one more medallion to add to my string of honorable and not-so-honorable titles. Semi-fascism is the label President Joe Biden slapped on Donald Trump’s MAGA philosophy in a late August speech. Supporters of Trump are now apparently enemies of the state who despise the Constitution. Which means that about half of American voters
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Three Reasons Why Mandating Kindergarten Is a Bad Idea 3
- Education, Family, Politics
- September 6, 2022
This back-to-school season, many parents are eager to drop-off their kindergarteners to begin the 13-year journey toward high school graduation. It can be a joyful time, full of anticipation and excitement. But just because something may be desirable for many families doesn’t mean it should be mandatory for all. California is the latest state to
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Waking Up in the Middle of the Night of Totalitarianism 7
- Culture, History, International, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- September 2, 2022
Sometimes events converge in my life and explode into revelation. A few weeks ago, I edited an interview with Elizabeth Spalding, one of the founders and now the director of the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C. About this same time, I read Under a Cruel Star, Heda Kovály’s account of life in Czechoslovakia
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