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The Empirical Case for a Mask Mandate Lacks Scientific Grounding
/in Education, Healthcare, News, Politics /by Phillip W. MagnessLast fall, the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation (IHME) published a headline-grabbing study with a politically appealing claim: if Americans would simply mask up when they ventured out into public, over 120,000 lives could be saved by the beginning of next year. As Joe Biden takes office later this week, he is widely expected […]
The Fight to Keep Schools Closed Has Proven Thomas Sowell Correct About Teachers’ Unions
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Education, Politics /by Jack ElbaumTheir willingness to put children last and fight to keep schools closed has proven once and for all that teachers’ unions do not, in fact, have kids’ best interests at heart. One of the first things we learned about the coronavirus is that it has a near-zero death rate for kids. We also soon found […]
Imprimis: Orwell’s 1984 and Today
/in Education, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security /by Larry P. ArnnThe following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College reception in Rogers, Arkansas, on November 17, 2020. The content is from the December 2020 edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis. On September 17, Constitution Day, I chaired a panel organized by the White House. It was an extraordinary thing. The panel’s purpose was […]
ILLINOIS: School Board Denounces Member for ‘Islamophobia’ for Responding to Muslim Colleague’s Smear
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Robert SpencerDima Ali called Dan Moroney a “white supremacist.” Moroney’s friend Matt Baron responded by likening Dima Ali to a terrorist. Baron has now been condemned for “Islamophobia,” why isn’t the District 200 school board apologizing for Moroney for Ali’s defamation of him? Because “white supremacist” is the acceptable smear that can be leveled at anyone […]
6 Key Takeaways Every Student Should Receive from Econ 101
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Education, Politics, Taxes /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)A more widespread understanding of Econ 101 would reduce the likelihood of destructive government policies winning public support. In a 2015 podcast conversation with American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks, Vox’s Ezra Klein declared that “there’s nothing more dangerous than somebody who’s just taken their first economics class.” Often expressing a similar contempt for Econ 101 […]
A Woke Student is a Safe Student
/in Culture Wars, Education, News, Politics /by Hal BrayPrescott Unified School District Superintendent Joe Howard: “We can’t keep heaping society’s issues on schools. It can’t all be the school’s job….” In November 2020 the Arizona Department of Education released its report School Safety Task Force Final Report. Shortly afterwards, Prescott’s The Daily Courier carried an editorial on the report’s release entitled Schools Were Never […]
CFACT “Green New Wheel” teaches facts at TPUSA conference
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Energy, Environment, Politics /by Dr. Rich SwierAmerica’s high school and college students are continually battered with misinformation from celebrities, “news” organizations, and social media. Amid the COVID lockdowns and election controversies, this Left-wing indoctrination is at an all-time high. That’s why CFACT cosponsored Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit (SAS) in West Palm Beach, FL, this past week – to reach […]
Book Criticizing Cancel Culture Gets Canceled Because Author Criticized Islam
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by Robert SpencerYou may have thought the public discourse couldn’t get any more absurd. Think again. Apparently oblivious to the titanic dimensions of the irony, the publisher Little, Brown just canceled a new book, Welcome to the Woke Trials: How #Identity Killed Progressive Politics by British journalist Julie Burchill because of an “Islamophobic” twitter exchange Burchill had with Muslim […]
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ALERT: University of Michigan ‘Words Matter Task Force’ says “picnic” is offensive
/1 Comment/in Commentary, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by Dr. Rich SwierUnited States Constitution Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The United States Constitution, Amendment I forbids the abridging […]
School Choice Reduces Teen Suicide, New Study Finds
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, News, Politics /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)When students who face bullying at their public school can go elsewhere, it literally saves lives. Elijah Robinson attempted suicide as a teenager. Why? Well, as a queer and mixed-race student, he faced vicious bullying in his public school. Thanks to a Florida program, he was able to switch schools and attend a private Christian school […]
Report: Saudi authorities remove antisemitic, anti-Zionist content from textbooks
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by Pamela GellerMade possible by the greatest POTUS in history. It is just a matter of time before Israel and Saudi Arabia establish full diplomatic relations. What President Trump has accomplished in the Middle East is a miracle. Report: Saudi authorities remove anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist content from textbooks The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School […]
Trump Nominates Charlie Kirk, Several Others, To New Commission That Counters 1619 Project
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, News, Politics, Science /by The Daily CallerPresident Donald Trump announced 18 individuals who he intends to appoint Friday as two-year members of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission. Trump first announced the initiative in September and slammed The New York Times’ “1619 Project,” which pushes slavery to the center of America’s founding. The 1776 Commission “will work to improve understanding of the history and the principles of […]
School Teachers vs. Restaurant Workers
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Education, Healthcare, Politics /by Bruce BialoskyTwo groups that have been spoken about often during the 2020 pandemic have been school teachers and restaurant workers. Though both groups have a large number currently not working, the two groups are dramatically different in how they have been treated by our governments. Let’s take a look at the difference and compare/contrast their realities. […]
Politically Correct Death Threats at Georgia Tech
/in Courts & Law, Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by John EidsonDr. Angel Cabrera Office of the President Georgia Institute of Technology Dear President Cabrera: This correspondence is in response to a solicitation I received from Georgia Tech’s Office of Gift Planning. When I was a student at Tech in the 1960s, its foremost mission was providing instruction in engineering, science and industrial management. Under the […]
Diversity’s Huge Double Standard: Why Walloons aren’t counted as a minority in diversity initiatives
/in Culture Wars, Education, Politics /by Craig J. CantoniNasdaq recently announced that it was going to require companies listed on its stock exchange to have a set number of racial minorities, women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transsexuals on their boards of directors. Parroting the official government lingua on race, Nasdaq’s quotas for minorities were in reference to African Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanic […]
“People of Color” is a Brainless Term
/in Culture Wars, Education, Politics /by Bruce BialoskyThe Democrats are always coming up with snappy new terms to describe their political antics. “Medicare for All,” “Public Option,” “Democratic Socialism” and “Progressives” are samples of current nomenclature. The terms typically replace a prior term that has failed to capture public acceptance. The press simply follows suit, never questioning the new terms and phrases […]
Gallup Poll: Americans’ Mental Health Hits 20-Year Low Ahead of Renewed Lockdowns
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)Any retrospective analysis of lockdown policies—the effectiveness which is seriously disputed—must be weighed against the loss of life and human suffering they caused. In California and other parts of the country, Americans are headed back to lockdown or otherwise facing renewed restrictions on their day-to-day lives amid another spike of COVID-19. Yet a new Gallup poll shows […]
Top 20% Gets 6x More Benefits from Student Debt Cancellation than Bottom 20%, New Study Finds
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Taxes, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)Student debt forgiveness would overwhelmingly benefit the most well off in America, new economic research shows. From Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, some of the most prominent progressive politicians in the country are pushing hard for widespread student debt cancelation. So, it’s fascinating to see a new study show that forcing taxpayers to pay down […]
The Left’s Gender Theories Are Anti-Scientific Nonsense, but They’re Gaining Ground
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by The Daily SignalOn Nov. 22, 2020, New York Times columnist Charles Blow unleashed one of the most bizarre tweets in recent memory. “Stop doing gender reveals,” he stated. “They’re not cute; they’re violent. All we know before a child is born is their anatomy. They will reveal their gender. It may match your expectations of that anatomy, and it […]
PODCAST: Woke Culture Comes for America’s High Schools
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by The Daily SignalHigh schools across America are embracing a woke curriculum. Charles Fain Lehman, adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, says he is troubled by a trend in education of embracing wokeness above reason and fact. Lehman, who is also a staff writer at The Washington Free Beacon, joins the show to discuss his recent article “American […]
American History Down the Memory Hole?
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Jerry NewcombeLast week we celebrated Thanksgiving, but is this holiday becoming so politically incorrect that one day it will be doomed to be sent down the “memory hole”? There is a war on American history. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Antifa and other leftwing groups toppled more historical statues. Tyler O’Neil of PJ Media (11/28/20) describes the […]
U of A Faculty & Staff Arrested: FBI agents and U.S. Marshals took them away in handcuffs for a scheme to defraud taxpayers of $435 billion.
/in Economy, Education, Political Satire, Politics /by Craig J. CantoniTUCSON – As part of a nationwide federal sting operation named “Bring Social Justice”, deans and top administrators from the Tucson-based University of Arizona were arrested at their homes last night and taken away in handcuffs by FBI agents and U.S. Marshals for what could be the biggest fraud in U.S. history. The operation also […]
Arizona Prop 208 Passed: An Economic Rabbit Hole
/in Economy, Education, News, Politics /by Thomas C. PattersonArizona voters have some serious ‘splaining to do about the passage of Proposition 208, which raised education funds by boosting income tax rates by up to 98% for high income filers. How could this have happened? Arizona schools have already received over one billion dollars in new sustainable monies over recent years, with more coming. […]
Cost of Lockdowns: A Preliminary Report
/in Economy, Education, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, News, Politics /by AIER StaffIn the debate over coronavirus policy, there has been far too little focus on the costs of lockdowns. It’s very common for the proponents of these interventions to write articles and large studies without even mentioning the downsides. Here is a brief look at the cost of stringencies in the United States, and around the […]
The Founders Outsmarted the Presidential Election Fraudsters
/in Education, Liberty, National Security, News, Politics /by Gary GindlerWho chooses the President of the United States? This question is by no means rhetorical. For example, the mass disinformation media has chosen Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. Many people liked this news, but I must disappoint them – the television broadcasters have, according to the U.S. Constitution, nothing to do with who […]
Public School Enrollment Plummets as Private Schools See Gains
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)Ongoing and renewed shutdowns of public schools across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in astonishing public school enrollment drops. NPR recently reported that public school districts in at least 20 states have seen shrinking numbers of students this fall, with Orange County and Miami-Dade County in Florida down 8,000 and 16,000 public school students, respectively. […]
Educating the Next Generation About Communism
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by Clarion ProjectResources for parents or homeschooling groups. Two days before the election, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris took to Twitter to share a video she narrated that critics say amounted to support for communism. There’s a big difference between equality and equity. pic.twitter.com/n3XfQyjLNe — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 1, 2020 Harris’s video aimed to identify […]
VIDEO: The Vortex — Living in a Dream World. Time to wake up.
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Religion /by Church Militant TRANSCRIPT Church Militant (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary. As we stand here today, we still don’t know how things are going to play out in the White House race as well as in the U.S. Senate, but in the current circumstances, you’d rather be in Joe Biden’s shoes than the president’s. […]
Bloomberg and Rosenwald: Compare & Contrast
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Education, Life Advocacy, News /by Neland NobelMichael Bloomberg, a Jewish billionaire who built his fortune on a computerized data base and computer terminal used by Wall Street firms, put in $100 million in Florida to try to swing the election for Democrats. Numerous other billionaire tech moguls, are pumping millions of dollars into Black Lives Matter, a Marxist organization dividing America. […]
Diversity Lands on Mars
/in Culture Wars, Education, Liberty, Politics /by Craig J. CantoniThe diversity movement has broken free of all earthly bounds It was recently announced that 40% of management positions on Mars will be filled by minorities. No, not the red planet, but my former employer, the privately-held Mars, Inc., a conglomerate with an estimated $37 billion in revenue and 130,000 employees. The announcement is an […]