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Weekend Read: Free Trade’s Origin Myth
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Oren Cass At Harvard University in the late 1930s, the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam used to tease the economist and future Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson, “Name me one proposition in all of the social sciences which is both true and non-trivial.” It took Samuelson years but, eventually, an answer occurred to him: the Ricardian […]
How U.S. Public Schools Teach Jew-Hatred
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Government schools are a grave threat to our national security, our national character and fundamental principle of individual rights. The left has taken the long march into our institutions and destroyed them in the cause of hatred and tyranny. From pre-K lessons on ‘ethnic noses’ to lectures on Israel as an […]
The Revolt Of The Kids
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Inez Feltscher Stepman Angry young extremists are not going away or calming down. They are growing up. An announcement for those with their heads still in the sand: there’s something up with the youths these days. They might be more fragile and less cool than the James Dean version of Hollywood legend, but they’re […]
The Economy of University Prestige
/in Education, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy James M. Patterson No doubt many conservatives, especially those in higher education, have been clinking glasses at the news that Claudine Gay has resigned after a short and undistinguished presidency at Harvard University. Gay was responsible for the mistreatment of conservative scholars at Harvard and rose through the ranks of higher education by trading […]
Elementary School Teacher Sues Hamas Linked-CAIR
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report One year ago news broke that elementary school teacher Tamar Herman had taken the hijab off one of her students. Except this was not news. It was a rumor started on social media by Olympic has-been Ibtihaj Muhammed. This resulted in a torrent of threats against the school where Tamar Herman had […]
Weekend Read: They Cannot Rest Until They Do Evil
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Conlan Salgado Editors’ Note: The author, Conlan Salgado, is a college junior. He is an astute political observer and highly informed conservative. America needs more young patriots and gifted writers to awaken citizens to the existential danger our nation faces in the decades-long political war with a radical leftist party and culture increasingly out-of-control. […]
NYC: Students Forced to Go Remote as City Houses Migrants in Schools
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Democrat rule. NYC students forced to go remote as city houses nearly 2K migrants at their school — one mom goes off: ‘Does it feel good?’ By NY Post, Jan. 9, 2024: Students at a Brooklyn high school were kicked out of the classroom to make room for nearly 2,000 migrants […]
Global Warming Nonsense Is Everywhere
/in Education, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Picking through my scrambled eggs while reading The Wall Street Journal is not my best habit. But, there could be worse. I could be reading the New York Times. What caught my attention was an ad for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. It pictures a mommy and baby polar bear with […]
AZ Gov. Hobbs’ Bizarre Attack on ESA Families
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Matt Beienburg Today, 70,000 Arizona children are finally getting the education they deserve through the state’s universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, the most expansive program of its kind in the nation. But instead of celebrating those students’ success, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is launching a direct attack on their families and the beginning […]
Hire Teachers Based on Subject-Matter Expertise, Not Certification
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Signal Twenty years ago, when I was hiring teachers for the private K-12 school I founded, I knew better than to recruit certified teachers. From my previous work as a college history professor, I know that the people least prepared to teach a subject are education majors. Requiring an embarrassingly low minimum of credit hours to […]
Are Children Really Our Future?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Karen Schoen As a retired teacher, I was really pleased when I read the article in the Jackson Times about how well our students are doing in the Jackson County Schools. Several schools moved up a grade. That was wonderful but did not make sense according to the statistics from US News and World […]
Top 10 Underreported Stories of 2023
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Although the legacy media lift up non-stories every year, they offset the spilled ink by underreporting stories of great national importance. Here are 10 of the most significant stories ignored by the legacy media in 2023. 1. The Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto On March 27, Audrey Elizabeth Hale entered Nashville’s Covenant School and murdered […]
Veteran’s Guide to Vocational Schools and Apprenticeship Programs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education /by DrRichSwier.comBy Intelligent.com – Making smart choices simple If you’re a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, you may have access to educational benefits through the GI Bill and similar programs. In addition to helping veterans attend traditional four-year colleges, these benefits can also be applied to vocational schools and apprenticeships. Below, we break down the different […]
Critical Thinking Is THE Answer
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. Let’s start the New Year by reviewing America’s Number One problem. Although it affects EVERYTHING — it is rarely discussed! Literally every day we are bombarded by non-sensical words and actions by many of our representatives, our government agencies, the news media, organizations, businesses, celebrities, etc., as well as family and friends! […]
‘Happy New Queer’: Public Library Set To Kick Off New Year With 6 Drag Performances
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A public library in Alaska will hold a winter celebration of all things LGBTQ on January 6th featuring a drag queen story hour for children billed as “Happy New Queer,” the Alaska Watchman reported. The event, scheduled to be held at the Soldotna Public Library, will feature six “guest drag performers,” including […]
The Netherlands: What They Teach in Islamic Schools
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Vlad Tepes Blog To be clear, any Islamic school teaches Islamic scripture. Islamic scripture is in essence, jingoism against the unbeliever. Motivating pep talks to kill, conquer and impose sharia law. So these kinds of videos are problematic only in that it allows people to think they are “extremist” or in some way an […]
Claudine Gay Resigns From Harvard
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned from her position Tuesday after facing backlash over her response to antisemitism on campus and a plagiarism scandal. Gay announced her resignation “with a heavy heart,” and said her stepping down is in the “best interest” of the university. “It is with a heavy heart but […]
DEI Resistance Is Advancing
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Larry Sand Editors’ Note: As we move into 2024, let us call out DEI for what it really is. The Marxist agenda being pushed by the radical left (i.e., today’s Democrat party) with their long standing goal of taking over American institutions and forcing everyone into tribal collectivism, is branded by the meaningless and […]
Hamas-linked CAIR wants Chicago public school substitute teacher fired for disrespecting Hamas
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Featured, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch In this WBBM report, we learn that a third grader is accusing a Chicago Public School substitute teacher of threatening to strike him with an open upraised hand. The conduct of teachers in public schools is so outrageous these days that this might be true. But we just don’t know for sure. That […]
Grand Inquisitor Says Oops [A Covid Story]
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jeffrey Tucker Francis Collins was head of the National Institutes of Health – Anthony Fauci’s parent bureaucracy – during the wreckage caused by the Covid response. Ultimately, Dr. Collins bears a huge measure of the responsibility for the disaster, even if he played the role of the stooge. It was he who wrote Fauci […]
Weekend Read: Anti-Zionism and the Bolshevik Jihad
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Juliana Geran Pilon Why would Islamist Jihadists and leftwing progressives make common cause concerning Israel and the Jews? The answer is: why not? Both are ideologies, carefully crafted by shrewd political warriors who use age-old tactics. Exploiting ambiguities in texts held sacred, they distort reality and glorify “righteous” violence, engaging in zealous asymmetric warfare. […]
Biden Admin Lawsuit Targets Largest Christian University In U.S.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Biden administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking aim at the largest Christian university in the U.S. in a new lawsuit. Grand Canyon University (GCU) is the largest Christian university in the U.S. with over 100,000 students enrolled and over 85,000 online students as of fall 2022, according to their website. The FTC alleges […]
American Muslims for Palestine calls on Muslims to ‘make Zionists feel very uncomfortable on campus’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Featured, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch This kind of talk, larded as it is with dreary Marxist rhetoric about “colonization,” is why we are seeing the increasing physical intimidation and menacing of Jewish students on campuses, and sometimes even physical attacks. American Muslims for Palestine Official Taher Herzallah at San Diego Mosque: This Is the Time to Make […]
Authoritarian? Conservatives Want to Restore the Constitution. The Left Can’t Handle It.
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tyler O’Neil The Constitution created three branches in the federal government: the legislature to make the laws, the executive branch to enforce the laws, and the judiciary to settle disputes about the laws. Yet the federal government we know and very much do not love doesn’t operate the way the Constitution says it should. Instead, […]
Texas Universities Rebrand ‘Diversity’ Programs As Statewide Ban Goes Into Effect
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Texas’ public universities are scrambling to rebrand their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts after Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law prohibiting DEI offices. The new Texas law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2024, bans DEI departments and initiatives in public universities and prohibits colleges from holding activities that […]
Satanic Temple Unveils First High School Student-Led Club
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Satanic Temple (TST) announced Tuesday that it will be opening its first high school club in Kansas. The club is an affiliate of TST’s After School Satan Club (ASSC) program, which only opens a club if a school has a religious club on campus, and has locations in Colorado, Virginia, Pennsylvania and […]
DISSENT Television: Special Guest Karen Schoen — Educator, Business Woman and Advocate
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Karen Schoen is a patriot, a talk radio host on Prism of America’s Education on AmericaOutLoud.news. She is also a marketing consultant, journalist, advocate, citizen lobbyist, public speaker and advisor to the Florida Citizens Alliance. Karen is focused on transforming Florida’s K-12 education system. Karen is a former candidate for Florida […]
Jews Struggle With Progressivism
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Many American Jews, particularly Reform and Conservative Jews, are struggling with their adherence to Progressive ideas in the wake of the October 7th slaughter and rape of Israeli civilians. Orthodox Jews, seem to be having less difficulty. Why would that be? As others have noted, this may be because, for many Reform […]
Stopping Campus Antisemitism Requires Confronting The Marxism Behind It
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Marco Rubio Vile campus antisemitism is the culmination of years of ideological drift, cyclically driven and reinforced by students, faculty, and bureaucracy. Magill last week made a very unfortunate misstep. … Following that, it became clear that her position was no longer tenable.” With these words, the University of Pennsylvania’s then-board Chair Scott Bok […]
Why Is Extreme Anti-Israel Activism Dominated By Wild-Eyed Young Women?
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Katya Sedgwick The young women of the West are not okay. They are bawling and screeching. They are locking arms and ripping papers. The best—or at least the most credentialed—minds of their generation are proudly displaying various ways of being destroyed by madness. They’ve been trending this way for a while, but the Jewish […]