One of the trials in being conservative is that the liberal media likes to give the idea that our actions occur in a vacuum. The more liberal the media, the more insistent is the claim that conservative action has no impact. Consequently, the more conservative the organization, the less coverage, favorable or otherwise, can be … Read more
With the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, we can say that the 9/11 era has officially ended. America’s response to the 2001 terrorist attack is over. We have entered a post-9/11 era that woefully reflects the decay of our institutions and resolve. America Has Changed Indeed, America has changed in these twenty long years. … 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
Modernity introduced a grave error into the spiritual lives of countless Catholics. It conditioned us to believe in a materialistic society in which spiritual things are deemed unimportant. It established a naturalistic mindset that denies supernatural action exists. Thus, at best, the spiritual life is considered a subjective feeling that we sense in times of … Read more
To the “woke” crowd, teaching civility and manners favors artificial concepts that reinforce power structures and control behavior. This Marxist perspective reduces everything to the class struggle terms of oppressor and oppressed. For this reason, manners must be eradicated and never taught to vulnerable children. So many things today reflect this anti-manners mentality. This trend … 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
The dramatic images of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban cannot help but evoke the strikingly similar scenes from the defeat of South Vietnam 46 years ago. Thousands of people physically clinging to airplanes, triumphant Taliban fighters posing in the Afghan presidential palace and helicopters snatching up the last embassy officials off rooftops are … Read more
