Democrat members of the Texas House of Representatives fled the state on Tuesday, abandoning their legislative responsibilities like the Iraqi army scrambling away from the “Mother of all Battles.” They did so in a flourish of elitism, flying away maskless on private aircraft, the celebratory beer discretely but not effectively tucked out of sight, declaring …
Category Archives: Culture and education
“Do As We Say” Diplomacy
I see that Joe Biden has appointed one Jessica Stern as the Department of State’s “special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights.” The appointment says a lot about how his administration sees the world. It ain’t good. Ms. Stern is certainly entitled to her viewpoint. She can publicly embrace allowing genetic males to compete in athletic …
COVID, Education and the Blank-Screen Boogie
Why don’t all parents demand higher educational standards and their enforcement, replacing administrators and politicians who stand in the way. Is it because they understand that in our no-fault society failure can always be laid off on others, and loss of employment through ill education means mere inconvenience rather than an existential challenge?
Lies Joe Biden Wants to Tell Our Kids
If you are reading this, stop. Go instead to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/19/2021-08068/proposed-priorities-american-history-and-civics-education and read what the Biden Administration want to teach American schoolchildren: that the primary engine of their country is racism; that it is steeping in an inexpiable sludge of racial hatred; that woke-ness is the only acceptable response. The Left has finally dropped the mask; …
A Public Service Review
I don’t usually do this, but the problem can’t be ignored. Call the following a public service. On Monday last I watched the pilot for a TV series called “Debris” on the Peacock Channel. I had watched the online trailers and got what information I could about the show, which seemed to be based on …
