After the long months of a lockdown regime, the government, media and other officials did not adequately address the social, mental and emotional consequences of the coronavirus emergency measures. Indeed, the trauma continues with warnings of a new lockdown. Some people still view socializing as risky behavior. Others think that staying cooped up in a … Read more
This question appears absurd—roughly akin to asking if the sky can be underground or if a rock can be a book. Every object has a nature. It is in the nature of the sky to be above ground and for a book to be bound up pieces of paper. To argue anything else is ridiculous. … Read more
As any honest teacher will tell you, learning is difficult. However, teachers may only admit this truth when no one else is around. Such disclosures clash with the prevailing educational orthodoxy. In addition, learning difficulties are likely to be blamed on teachers, who thus make themselves targets. Therefore, making it easy to learn is a … Read more
The term “media literacy” probably does not mean much to people outside the education field. It is a vital subject usually taught by civics, government or history teachers to students in the sixth or seventh grades. Unfortunately, the same people who are introducing Critical Race Theory into education are hijacking media literacy. Lacking much originality, … Read more
The COVID crisis has been a boon to leftists in the form of unprecedented entitlements and government controls. However, there is also one bright spot on the conservative horizon. There is a surge in the number of parents opting to homeschool their children. An Encouraging Trend According to an Associated Press story, about 3.3% of … Read more
With President Biden’s approval, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) extended a “moratorium” on landlords evicting tenants until October 3, 2021. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky justified the measure by citing the quick spreading of the new Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus. She said that “This moratorium is the right thing to do to keep … Read more
With President Biden’s approval, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) extended a “moratorium” on landlords evicting tenants until October 3, 2021. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky justified the measure by citing the quick spreading of the new Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus. She said that “This moratorium is the right thing to do to keep … Read more
Many educational reformers believe that the best solution for American education is allowing “school choice.” Let parents choose their children’s schools, and the free market would soon separate the successful from the failed schools. However, the recent case of Peltier v. Charter Day School, Inc. illustrates a fundamental flaw in that assumption. This decision dictating … Read more
Throughout the summer of 2021, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) worked to focus the world’s attention on Cuba. Its petition for Cuba’s freedom grew in intensity in the wake of the protests across Cuba on July 11-12, the most massive unrest in decades. The Cuban government responded by … Read more
The blurred line between political activism and scholarship is often hard to avoid. That tendency seems on display at Harvard University. A Well Worn Path The case is the “Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation” (POPLAR). The medical school isn’t doing this research, nor is the public health faculty. The law school is behind this … Read more
