On April 22, 2026, Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma signed Senate Bill 1481, requiring that all elementary school students (grades kindergarten through five) receive at least forty minutes of recess daily over and above the amount of time they spend in Physical Education. The new law has two other requirements. “Recess shall consist of supervised, … Read more
On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, adjudicating en banc, issued a narrow 9-8 ruling in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District upholding the constitutionality of the Texas law (S.B. 10) mandating the posting of the Ten Commandents in Texas public school classrooms. The ACLU plans to appeal the … Read more
A recent article in The Washington Post described the growing use of the Classic Learning Test (CLT), calling it “an upstart exam.” The phrase in the subhead, “mainly featuring Western texts,” should all but sink it in the eyes of the Post’s left-leaning readers. Indeed, a search through the Post’s archives revealed only three articles … Read more
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, few of the world’s governments and news media outlets gave them much of a chance of lasting longer than a couple of weeks at most. Nobody thought that Ukraine would become a proving ground for a new—and hitherto fore largely untested—technology. Now, experts around the world say … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down Colorado’s ban on something called conversion therapy.” When the Court announced it, media outlets on the left sprang into action. The leftists used their headlines to broadcast dismay. National Public Radio (NPR) mourned that “Supreme Court Opens Door to Controversial Conversion Therapy.” Slate agonized over the fact that … Read more
On March 5, 2026, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Public Law 131. It was a popular move. The new law passed the State Senate by 44-0 and the State House by 82-13. The new law covers largely untested ground for state legislators. They are trying to limit China’s possible infiltration into Indiana schools. The unusual … Read more
Governor Gavin Newsom’s ambitions are undeniable. He titled his recently published autobiography Young Man in a Hurry. He lives up to that aspect of his self-description. Several news outlets have presented him as the front-runner for his party’s presidential nomination in 2028, and he appears quite happy with that assessment. Smiles Don’t Correct Problems However, … Read more
The following article is the second of a four-part series that features the life of Augustus Pugin, the renown English Catholic architect of the nineteenth century. The first article is found here. Long before Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin accepted the tenets of Catholicism, he absorbed its culture. Like many young men, Pugin was both his … Read more
In 2023, Vermont media reported a severe shortage of foster parents. The state soon made the situation far worse. It removed foster parents who didn’t support the “LGBTQ+ agenda.” A lawsuit ensued. The Federal District Court backed the state policy. Later, the U.S. government told Vermont that its policy might violate federal law. Finally, five … Read more
Visitors to El Paso, Texas’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on March 1, 2026, must have been startled when thumbing through the parish bulletin. On page six, they found there a reprint of a poster promoting the “March and Vigil for Human Life and an End to Mass Deportations.” An Outrageous Image The poster depicts the back … Read more
