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What Should Be Said About China
/in Books, Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ralph l. Defalco III Written by Ralph l. Defalco III Senator Tom Cotton’s book is a tacit admission that more than 50 years of American policies toward China have failed In March, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA). For the first time, the ATA identified the […]
The Capable Need Not Apply
/in Education, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bill Rice Written by Bill Rice Once upon a time, signs telling the Irish they could not apply for jobs were apparently common. Today, the same signs could apply to “contrarian” or independent-thinking journalists in mainstream news organizations. Several years ago I reached the conclusion I’m unhirable in my chosen profession of journalism – at least […]
Qatari Funding of ‘Choices Programs’ in American Schools
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kelleigh Nelson “For far too long, a staggering amount of foreign money has flowed into our colleges and universities with little to no transparency or oversight.” — Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust “By pumping cash into campuses across the country, American adversaries are able to “stifle academic freedom,” spread propaganda, […]
The First 100 Days of the Golden Age
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Dan McCarthy Editors’ Note: Donald Trump gets little love from the ” established” Conservative movement and mostly hostility from Libertarians. National Review remains overtly hostile; we also think the Wall Street Journal and Commentary are as well. We found this article particularly insightful, and remarkably, it came from the editor of Modern Age, one […]
What A Hill To Die On
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Written by Neland Nobel It’s a hill where there are some strange and unpopular defensive positions We hear a lot of commentary about “what hill Democrats have chosen to die on”. But what exactly is on that hill? What follows is a partial list of what we think remains of strategic importance, […]
The Best Way To Get Illegals To Return Home
/in Education, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas C. Patterson Written by Thomas C. Patterson There has likely never been a more tendentious power transfer in presidential history than the Biden-Harris team’s final act. They salted the ground by allocating billions of unspent COVID funds to George Soros and other radical left-wing groups. Out of spite, they sold the border wall […]
How Academics Can Show Support for Israel at Graduation Ceremonies
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch Last year, as the 2023-2024 academic year came to an end, I was feeling fortunate to be teaching at the Rochester Institute of Technology, a school that had successfully stopped the anti-Israel madness that had taken over much of academia. Since several friends had children who were completing their degrees, I decided to attend […]
Why Truth? Why Not Tucker Carlson-ism?
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Conlan Salgado Written by Conlan Salgado I must confess that my title is slightly misleading. I am not against Tucker Carlson-ism in the way that I am against, for example, Karl Marxism. Tucker does some excellent work. Really excellent work. However, he is also a prolific retailer, and his retail products are sometimes dirt […]
Explainer: How Trump ’s Proposed 2026 Budget Impacts Transgenderism, Abortion, Education, Immigration, and More
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, National Security, Politics, Religion, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council President Donald Trump won the 2024 election with a promise to end divisive, taxpayer-funded programs, and his proposed budget for the next fiscal year proves he is willing to save your money where his mouth is. The president’s budget specifically asks Congress to cut billions of dollars from government programs promoting […]
Columbia University Lays off 180 in Wake of Federal Funding Cuts Over Anti-Semitism
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Columbia University, once a symbol of academic excellence, now finds itself at the heart of a national debate over campus anti-Semitism. In March, President Donald Trump launched the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, focusing on Ivy League schools, including Columbia. Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated, “Since October 7, Jewish students have faced relentless […]
Students Reportedly Uncover Chinese Espionage At Top California University
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) Students at Stanford University have allegedly uncovered a pattern of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempting to gain sensitive information about American research. CCP agents reportedly impersonate students at the university to gain trust from students and staff and steal information as part of a “nontraditional collection effort,” […]
Labeling Constructive Criticism as “Myth-Information”
/in Education, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Anne Marie DiCarlo Written by Anne Marie DiCarlo On April 13th, the Prescott Courier ran an article written by Superintendent Clark Tenney as a rebuttal to the valid criticisms raised about yet another year of overall poor performance by Arizona’s schools, including the PUSD. Subsequently, the Superintendent extended an invitation to meet and discuss […]
‘We’re Going to Send Education Back to the States’: FRC Expert Joins Trump’s Education Dept.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Family Research Council regularly steers the course of events in Washington, D.C., often by letting its experts make their views known on legislation. But now, one of FRC’s most beloved figures is going to play a significant role inside the second Trump administration in one of the most contentious areas of […]
Is It Time to Amend the Constitution to Stop Satanism in Our Schools?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Majority Report Satan is Out in the Open — And Daring Us to Fight At Edgewood Elementary School in Marysville, Ohio, children are now being excused from class during school hours to attend a religious program run by The Satanic Temple. The name of the program? HAIL — short for Hellion Academy of Independent […]
Arizona Families Defend ESA from Superintendent Horne
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jason Bedrick Written by Jason Bedrick Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program has long stood as a national model for school choice, empowering parents with the freedom and flexibility to tailor their children’s education to their unique needs. But now, this vital program faces what conservative State Senator Jake Hoffman recently called “the single greatest threat […]
The Trump Counterrevolution and the Moral Ledger
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Victor Davis Hanson Written by Victor Davis Hanson Trump’s counterrevolution presses on—quietly, methodically, and morally—while a flailing opposition offers only chaos, debt, and deflection in response Despite the media hysteria, Trump’s counterrevolution remains on course. Its ultimate fate will probably rest with the state of the economy by the November 2026 midterm elections. But […]
Qatar and China Are Pouring Billions Into Elite American Universities
/in Education, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin Written by Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin Foreign countries such as China and Qatar have poured $29 billion into campuses over the past few years. ‘Hostile powers are buying influence on American campuses at an industrial scale.’ Foreign donors have given as much to U.S. universities in the last […]
Texas Tips the Scales: School Choice Now Covers Half of US Kids
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jason Bedrick In a historic victory for educational freedom, the Texas House of Representatives finally passed a universal school choice bill—marking not just a win for families in the Lone Star State, but a watershed moment for the entire school choice movement. Once it clears the state senate and Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 2 […]
JUSTICE: President Trump Stripping Harvard of Tax Exempt Status for Continued Violation of Civil Rights and Discrimination
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report This is the definition of social justice. Harvard University has become the nation’s ‘antisemitic cesspool epicenter.’ Trump says he’ll revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status Trump administration asked IRS to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status By: Greg Norman, Fox News. May 2, 2025: Harvard University has become the nation’s ‘antisemitic cesspool epicenter,’ StopAntisemitism founder […]
Raising a Thinking Child in a World That Prefers Zombies
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. Here is another guest post — this time by my friend John Rosemond, the national parenting expert. (e.g., see his website and many good books listed there. This commentary is from his Substack on parenting… Note: I’ve written a few times about the best way to teach children, etc. to be Critical Thinkers […]
Razing Higher Education Won’t Destroy the New Girl Order.
/in Education, Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Scott Yenor Written by Scott Yenor Editors’ Note: While we agree with much of this essay, we would also like to see more exploration of why men are doing so poorly. Simply because women are doing well in education and careers, there is little explanation for why men are not doing as well as […]
The Explosion of Foreign Funding at U.S. Universities
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Terror sponsor Qatar and Communist China are among the largest sources of funding to America’s ivys. “The floodgates opened during the Biden era,” You want these fiends dictating what your child learns? Destroy young minds, destroy a country’s future. Qatar and China Are Pouring Billions Into Elite American Universities Foreign countries […]
K-12 Education: A Quickie Overview
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. I periodically come across information that helps put some of our national issues into perspective — and then share it with you. In this interesting Report 2024 Schooling in America, there are some fascinating data, like what’s in the following two graphs… FIGURE 3: PARENTS’ VIES ON THE DIRECTION OF K-12 EDUCATION, 2014-2024 FIGURE […]
What RFK Jr. Gets Right—and Wrong—About Autism
/in Education, Featured, Healthcare, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jill Escher Editor’s Note: As the father of a 41-year-old autistic man, it is hard to comprehend why some people are upset by RFK’s attempt to do something about the problem. That in no way undermines my son’s humanity. There are problems with the fact that my low-functioning son is defined by a term […]
Trump Administration Wants Colleges to Reveal Foreign Donors
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Featured, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch The Trump administration is not letting up in its determination to make American colleges and universities shape up and fly right. First, it has asked the universities to supply the administration with information on what they have been doing to record, punish, and prevent antisemitic acts on their campuses. Second, the administration […]
University Under Review For ‘Inaccurate’ Foreign Funding Disclosures Raked In Millions From China
/in Education, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jaryn Crouson Editors’ Note: One of the side benefits of investigating anti-Semitism on America’s Ivy League campuses is examining their finances. Why is a school with a $50 billion endowment taking taxpayer money, anyway? Why take $100 million from China? What is China buying at Harvard? Why take millions from the poor and suffering […]
In Defense of Properly Teaching the 3R’s
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. I have frequently written that the two most important objectives of our K-12 education system: a) should be clearly spelled out, and b) should be consistent from State to State. So far neither of these have happened — so the continued decline of our K-12 education system should be no surprise. What are the two […]
Ed Dept Opens Probe Into University Of California, Berkeley Over ‘Deep Involvements With Chinese Entities’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Department of Education (ED) opened an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Friday over its reported ties to Chinese sources, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. ED claims the university has failed to report “hundreds of millions of dollars” it received from foreign government over a […]
All The Worst Kinds of People
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller ALL THE WORST KINDS OF PEOPLE We all know that Trump has frozen the assets of the most prestigious (lol) Ivy League universities over their commitment to explicitly racist admissions and administrative policies. To drill down into that a bit: There’s a tiered system in these universities that’s based solely on […]
Shot Heard Round the Web: Easter, Passover, and True Freedom
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Catherine Salgado Written by Catherine Salgado A blessed Easter and chag pesach sameach! This past weekend, Christians celebrated the resurrection of Christ from the dead, setting us free from sin, while Jews celebrated the end of Passover when God set the Israelites free from slavery in Egypt. Both Jews and Christians know that only […]