Trifle With Nature at Your Peril, be it Human or Otherwise. Is Society Becoming Zanier and More Insane by the Day? Part 1
Learning Life’s Lessons the Hard Way in 21st Century America
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Defending the Republic, Part 1
Defending The Republic, Part 1: Scenarios Over the last year, I’ve been thinking, researching, and writing (Corporatism Part 1, Part 2; Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 7: The Joint Corporatist Scenario, among others) a lot about corporatism. I’ve been searching for a reason why corporations are doing what they are doing with social justice agendas. Why …
Republican vs. Democrat vs Independent, I’ve tried all three.
I believed I could handle making the switch back to the Democratic party, despite my lingering questions about their position on abortion.
The Death of Free Expression and Academic Freedom on College Campuses
Universities are supposed to be places where you are exposed to a broad array of ideas, philosophies, and opinions. Sadly in America, they aren’t.
Helen Gym Flaherty Apparently Thinks That Money Grows On Trees
And she wants to do everything she can to improve public safety except the most obvious: actually enforce the law! As Robert Stacy McCain noted in “Chicago Votes for More Crime,” when the Windy City Democrats nominated police-hating Brandon Johnson to become their next Mayor, the bad things that happened under Mayor Lori Lightfoot would …
Advancement of Socialism in Our Schools
If we expect our kids to reflect our values of hard work and personal integrity, we are going to have to take a closer look at public education.
Education Inflation
Like many people I am guilty of helping cause education inflation. I have looked to see what education a person had in spite of the fact that I was seeking an employee with technical skills. We as an American society have pushed for everyone to not only complete high school but also to get a …
History Wars in Virginia
History Wars in Virginia; The Virginia School Board corrected their awful first draft of the Standards of Learning for History and Social Studies. The Democrats controlling the Virginia Senate rejected the Republican Governor’s appointments to the Virginia Board of Education for cleaning up the CRT and other errors in the first draft. The better, revised draft …
Educating For Today
Educating For Today; Someone has defined education as “that which is done to prepare a child for life.”
Military Recruiting Challenges are Becoming Systemic Part 2
Disincentivizing Military Service: Undoing more than Two Decades of Public Support for the Military Without Even Trying, Stink, Stank, Stunk (Stinking)
Education + Propaganda = Tyranny
Since our Federal government began educating our children, a power not enumerated in the Constitution, we have discovered that, Education + Propaganda = Tyranny
Virginia’s History and Social Sciences Choice
Virginia’s periodic review of K-12 History and Social Sciences Standards of Learning (SOLs) produced a politically correct 402 page monstrosity in August. It was revised to a much improved 53 page piece in October. The Left, including the NAACP, is pushing back with inflammatory rhetoric absent any or all facts. History and Social Sciences aren’t …
Education Indoctrination in Virginia: Continued
Education Indoctrination in Virginia: Continued. The Virginia Board of Education posted the History and Social Studies Standards of Learning (SOLs) for comment. The 402 page document establishes what will be taught K-12 in Virginia Public Schools. The subject matter is covered well, but skewed with a focus on race, class, and gender. Significant omissions and …
Of, By and For the People – Chapter 8
A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
Education Indoctrination in Virginia: One Example
Education Indoctrination in Virginia: One Example, Part 1 of 2. The Virginia Board of Education posted the History and Social Studies Standards of Learning for comment. The 402 page document establishes what will be taught K-12 in Virginia Public Schools. The subject matter is covered well, but skewed with a focus on race, class, and gender. …
Thinking for Ourselves: Have We Forgotten How?
“Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers.” — Voltaire on, thinking for ourselves, as opposed to allowing others to do so.
Our Failing Education System
Over the last century American education has continued to decline, both in academic achievement and moral quality.
Free Speech and Academic Freedom under Attack in Colleges & Universities
Having spent thirteen years as an administrator (department head & dean) at the University of Illinois, I learned early on how heavy-handed academia can be when it comes to practicing political correctness on campus. The First Amendment right of free speech is too often denied to students and faculty who don’t support or adhere to …
The Looming NCO Crisis, Part 1: Introduction
The Looming NCO Crisis: Introduction This blog is about a looming crisis that could happen in the US military’s Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) corps. But the same factors that affect the military can and probably will affect almost any organization. Today, there is a great deal of concern over recruiting. I am concerned about what happens …
Independence Day, the Beginning of the Most Powerful Country on Earth
The British treatment of the colonies over the first few months of the American Revolutionary War, which had treated them as manifestly rebellious and enemies, gave force to arguments for independence.