Month: May 2023

[PREMIERING 6/1, 7:30PM ET] Peter Boghossian: Hiding People From Truth Does Not Protect Them—Academic Institutions, DEI Bureaucracies, and Ideological Capture

“It’s a tremendous danger when we have people who run institutions and who have jobs for life in the academies, they’re completely convinced they found the truth, they publish in their own journals, they teach those ‘truths’ to their students, and then they’ve indoctrinated generations of students.” Peter Boghossian is a former professor of philosophy…


Santa Ana Unified to Maintain Its Curriculum on Israel-Palestine Conflict Despite Complaints of Anti-Semitism

Santa Ana Unified School District leaders announced it would maintain two recently-adopted courses on the Israel-Palestine conflict amid complaints from local Jewish groups that say the content is antisemitic. At a May 23 board meeting, Superintendent Jerry Almendarez said the district wouldn’t remove any content from the two courses it adopted in April as part…


Book Review: ‘Norman Rockwell’s Models: In and Out of the Studio’

During the middle of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell became America’s artist. He captured the best of what America represented: freedom, friendship, and family, these typically encapsulated with a sense of patriotism. Yes, it was Rockwell who captured all that with his artistic realism, but the depth to which he captured that reality depended heavily…


Judge Critical of Police as Quebec Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Killing Spouse

A Quebec man who slipped through the cracks of the justice and health systems was sentenced today to eight years in prison for the March 2022 killing of his spouse. Quebec court Judge Sylvain Lépine accepted the joint sentencing recommendation from the Crown and defence for Pascal Arseneault, who killed 64-year-old Louise Avon. Arseneault, 50,…


Johnston’s Proposal on Hearings Shows Lack of Understanding of Targeted Chinese Groups, MPs Hear

Special Rapporteur David Johnston’s intent to hold public hearings with the diaspora on the issue of foreign interference shows a lack of understanding of the targeted communities, a China expert told a House of Commons committee today. “He’s not got a deep China experience, or a deep security experience to bring to it. He looked…


Texas Governor Appoints John Scott as Interim Attorney General After Impeachment of Ken Paxton

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed John Scott to serve as the state’s interim attorney general after the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. Abbott made the appointment on May 31 following the state legislature’s move to impeach Paxton due to allegations of malfeasance. Scott, a Republican, has previously worked in the office…


Class Action ADA Suit Forces Portland to Clear Sidewalks of Homeless Camps

The City of Portland, Oregon, will be required to clear its sidewalks of sprawling homeless camps under terms of a lawsuit tentatively settled this week. Filed in September, the federal class action lawsuit alleged that the city violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by allowing tent camps and debris…


Buy a Tree in a Pot or Balled and Burlapped?

Q: We have been looking at some shade trees at a few nurseries and have a question. Is it better to buy a tree in a large pot or one that is already dug up and is what they call “balled and burlapped”? A: As a general rule, I would say it shouldn’t matter as…


Second State Bans Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion From College Campuses

Texas will become the second state in the nation behind Florida to dismantle political ideologies housed in so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices at universities. The passing of Texas Senate Bill 17—which prohibits public universities and colleges from having DEI offices—happened on May 27 after a conference committee of lawmakers in the Texas Legislature reconciled…


‘Young Ideas’ from 1943: A Professor Finds Love

Commentary There are countless movies and TV shows about blended families whose children aren’t happy about their parents’ remarriage. “Young Ideas” from 1943 is one of these movies, but it’s unusual in that the offspring in its story are young adults rather than children. This movie stars Mary Astor as the mother, Herbert Marshall as…