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Tuning Out Wokeism
/in Culture Wars, Education, Politics /by Victor Davis HansonThe current madness is the stuff of history as we watch it predictably unfold, until—and if—a few, a “happy few,” finally say to the mob, “no mas.” If wokeness should continue and “win,” by now we all know where it will end up. After all, this is not a prairie-fire, peasants-with-pitchforks, spontaneous bottom-up revolution. The […]
It is Not Socialism, It is a Right
/in Economy, Education, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics /by Bruce Bialosky“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” […]
Teaching Kids That America Was Always Racist
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Jerry NewcombeVIDEO: The Hate of Critical Race Theory. If there are riots now in America, what will it be like 20 years from now if the New York Times gets its way? The New York Times sponsored the 1619 Project, which postulates that America’s real beginnings as a nation are when the first African slaves were […]
CALL TO ACTION: Stop Critical Race Theory in Florida’s Schools
/1 Comment/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, News, Politics /by Defend FloridaWe need your help. We have an important call to action this week to protect our children in our school systems against Critical Race Theory. Additionally, we wanted to thank all of your for attending our National Virtual Summit and have some interesting details to share, along with an instant replay in case you missed it. […]
AZ High School AP Exam: Emphasizing Personal Responsibility Promotes “Predjudice” Against African Americans
/in Culture Wars, Education /by Karalee GeisAn AP Psychology exam at an Arizona high school forced students to accuse government officials who promote personal responsibility of having “prejudice,” penalizing them for disagreeing. A teacher at Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona has mistaken indoctrination for education. Submitted through YAF’s Campus Bias Tip Line, a student from Mrs. Annie William’s Psychology 101 […]
DEMOCRAT CHILD ABUSE: White House Balks At Reopening Schools
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics /by Pamela GellerCOVID presents no threat to children. There hasn’t been one case of a child giving COVID to a teacher. COVID is the club which Democrats mean to beat us down, into submission. Once the children are under their complete, insane control, the rest is child’s play. Anita Dunn, an adviser to the President, says that […]
Is Critical Race Theory Coming to a Public School Near You?
/in Education, Liberty, Politics /by Arizona Free Enterprise ClubThey’re at it again. You would think that public school districts would learn their lesson at some point. After all, many of them turned their backs on students and parents in the wake of COVID-19. And now, those school districts are paying the price. But apparently, they’re too committed to their agenda. Some school districts […]
From Jim Crow to Joe Crow
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty, Politics /by Neland NobelReaders are doubtless aware that Jim Crow was a system of state-sanctioned discrimination against black people for the basic reason of their skin color. Housing was segregated as was public accommodations and education. It was almost universally the product of the Democrat Party. Northern Liberals united with Southern bigots to ensure the rule of the […]
Idaho State House Passes Legislation Banning Anti-White ‘Critical Race Theory’ in Schools
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by Pamela GellerStand up and fight against this vicious racist indoctrination of our children. Idaho State House Passes Legislation Banning Anti-White ‘Critical Race Theory’ in Schools By: Shane Trejo, Big League Politics, Apr 27, 2021: Legislation to ban the teaching of Marxist Critical Race Theory in Idaho schools has passed in the state house by a 27-8 […]
ASU Conservatives Smeared in Online Campaign
/in Culture Wars, Education, News, Politics /by Kara ZupkusA group of conservative students at Arizona State University was smeared in an online social media campaign, targeted with doctored images and false claims. According to documents obtained exclusively through YAF’s Campus Bias Tip Line, a current representative in ASU’s student government, Daniel Lopez, reportedly helped create an Instagram page titled “Don’t Vote For These-USG!” intended […]
The Ignorant World and What to Do About It
/in Economy, Education, Liberty /by Joakim BookA spectre is haunting the Western world – the specter of a grossly mistaken understanding of the world. British kids have nightmares about the climate. Half of French respondents think it likely that climate change will cause “the extinction of the human race.” American teachers coddle students who have panic attacks when wildfires rage somewhere on the planet. Eco-anxiety […]
Understanding Value and Crypto Currencies
/in Economy, Education, News, Politics /by Ken VeitAt this time, there is a rare concurrence of opinion among students of financial markets that a serious disconnect exists between prices and reality. What is meant by that is that prices suggest a cloudless sky ahead, while economic realities are waving warning flags. To understand this, let’s look at the concept of “intrinsic value”. […]
Stalin was a ‘Cancel Culture’ Pioneer: The Inside Story on How He Cancelled ‘Hamlet’
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is considered by some to be the single greatest story ever written. Hamlet has it all: ghosts, sword fights, suicide, revenge, lust, murder, philosophy, faith, manipulation, and a climactic bloodbath worthy of a Tarantino film. It’s a masterpiece of both high art and sensationalism, the only play I’ve seen performed live three times. […]
Unhappy Truths About Education Today
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty, Politics /by Thomas C. PattersonThe Arizona legislature failed this year to pass a bill that would have required third-grade students to be held back if they failed to learn to read adequately. The unsuccessful bill uncovered some unhappy truths about the state of education. Third grade is recognized as a critical progression point for reading proficiency. Students through third […]
Biden Administration Prioritizes “Wokeism,” Critical Race Theory In Schools
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, News, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)There is no constitutional role for the federal government in education. The Biden administration is taking new steps to promote Critical Race Theory and The New York Times’s controversial 1619 Project in US education programs. In a proposed federal rule issued on Monday, the US Department of Education indicated that it will be using taxpayer funds to […]
Scientific Survey Shows Voters Across the Political Spectrum Are Ideologically Deluded
/in Education, Liberty, Politics /by James D. AgrestiDuring the late 1800s when the renowned scientist Louis Pasteur was trying to overturn the medical community’s deadly belief that germs are not communicable, he wrote: “The greatest aberration of the mind is to believe a thing to be, because we desire it.” The results of a scientific survey conducted just after the 2020 presidential […]
Parents need to create alternatives to politically correct education
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, News, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by MercatorNet - Navigating Modern ComplexitiesParents are starting to push back. Here’s what we should do to empower them. More parents are waking up to the “woke” ideology that is seeping into their children’s classrooms and curriculum. Increasingly, they are speaking up and opting out. Last week, Andrew Gutmann, a father of a student at the elite, US$54,000-a-year Brearley School […]
These Parents and Teachers Have Had Enough of Woke Classrooms and Critical Race Theory
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty /by Kerry McDonaldParents are starting to push back. Here’s what we can do to empower them. More parents are waking up to the “woke” ideology that is seeping into their children’s classrooms and curriculum. Increasingly, they are speaking up and opting out. Last week, Andrew Gutmann, a father of a student at the elite, $54,000-a-year Brearley School […]
‘Dark Diversity’ in America’s Public Schools
/1 Comment/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Science, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Tabitha KorolOur schools choose their teaching staff by the color of their skin, not the content of their character or the extent of their knowledge, and the advantages that may be gained for the socialist-democrat party. In a small, but vibrant, Middle-America community, there exists a public high school with a wall that proudly displays the […]
Dad who wrote scathing letter to Brearley about race focus: ‘Someone had to’
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty /by Dana KennedyEditors’ note: The Prickly Pear editors believe the letter penned by the father withdrawing his 6th grade daughter from an elite NYC school speaks for parents and concerned citizens throughout America about the obscene critical race theory and un-American teaching of racial and nation hatred right out of the Marxist playbook for “wokeness”. The letter […]
Is God a Capitalist?
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Education, Liberty, News /by Doug FrenchPopes normally stick to their bailiwick, faith, and worship. But Pope Francis’s criticisms of capitalism came early and often, escalating since the beginning of the covid pandemic. The pontiff describes free-market thinking as “magic theories.” “The fragility of world-systems in the face of the pandemic has demonstrated that not everything can be resolved by market freedom,” […]
My name is KAREN and I approve this message.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by Karen SchoenThis morning I got up and took my dog out. He was acting funny. He wouldn’t listen. I said walk. He ran. I said sit; he stood. I couldn’t figure out what was going on. The I opened my computer to check my emails. After scrolling through them I came across an article that explained […]
Why America’s Founders Didn’t Want a Democracy
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)In his book “Liberty in Peril,” Randall Holcombe challenges the presumption that liberty and democracy are complementary. When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. And those lacunae undermined my ability to adequately understand many things. Randall Holcombe’s new book, Liberty in Peril: Democracy […]
Maglev Dream Encounters Green Nightmare
/in Education, Environment, News, Politics /by Bonner CohenFor environmentalists tossing and turning at night in despair over the fate of their climate-ravaged planet, the prospect of a sleek, high-tech, clean-energy train that could zip along the Northeast Corridor at breathtaking speeds should be a dream come true. Instead, developers of a futuristic maglev (magnetic levitation) train that will someday take passengers from […]
Cities, Countries, and Economies Were Built With Derivatives From Oil, Not By Electricity
/in Education, Environment, National Security, Politics /by Ronald SteinBefore world leaders move too fast to consummate their climate policies, they need to be cognizant of two “aha” moments: 1) wind and solar can only generate intermittent electricity, and 2) electricity cannot manufacture the oil derivatives that are the basis of the thousands of products that have built the world’s cities, countries, and economies […]
Arizona community college must pay $155,000 to professor it forced to apologize for criticizing Islam
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by Robert SpencerA slight pause on American academia’s out-of-control-freight-train rush to submit to Sharia. But the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is still flogging this case in court, hoping to use it to destroy the freedom of speech and criminalize criticism of Islam. Arizona community college to pay $155K settlement for directing professor to apologize for […]
Michael Crichton: Is environmentalism a religion?
/in Culture Wars, Education, Environment, Politics /by Jay LehrAs more and more in society have drifted away from a belief in God the void needs to be filled for most human beings. The environment, Crichton said, has filled the void for many. Conventional Judeo-Christian religion began with a perfect world called Eden. Today’s environmentalist sees sustainability as the salvation in the church of […]
Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Just Totally Debunked the Argument for a $15 Minimum Wage
/in Economy, Education, Liberty, News, Politics /by Brad PalumboRowe knows the value of hard work, so it’s worth taking his recent warning on minimum wage hikes seriously. Mike Rowe knows the value of hard work. The former star of “Dirty Jobs” gained notoriety for the Discovery Channel program, which featured him going undercover at some of the toughest and grossest jobs imaginable. From […]
Arizona Community College to pay $155K Settlement for Directing Professor to Apologize for Islamic Terrorism Quiz Question
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty, Politics /by Katlyn PattonMaricopa County Community College District will pay professor Nicholas Damask $155,000 in exchange for his agreement not to sue district personnel, who last year violated his expressive rights in an attempt to quell criticism of his quiz questions on social media. The district also pledged to strengthen its commitment to academic freedom. Damask, who teaches political science at Scottsdale […]
Critical Race Theory Make People “Hate Themselves”
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty, Politics /by David AlmasiIn schools and workplaces across the nation, employees like those of the Manchester School District are engaged in sensitivity training that is steeped in “critical race theory.” In the program used by this New Hampshire school system, such training took a radical – and racist – turn as it declared “whiteness a pillar of white […]