Commentary I don’t know if there’s a more reactionary, superfluous arm of the U.S. government than the Department of Education. (Well, maybe National Public Radio, whose newsroom called the Hunter Biden story a “waste of time,” but NPR only gets a small government stipend.) During the Trump administration among his most criticized appointees was Education…
Lieutenant Governor of Texas Slams Radical Left’s Agenda to Disrupt Family
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the battle over abortion and the sexualization of children K–2 in public schools was “a battle of those who believe that they are God and have control over life and death and even their sex and those who believe there is a Creator, who believe in God, believe in…
Transgendered in Kindergarten? What’s Really Behind the Insane New Sex Ed?
Commentary N is for Nonbinary and T is for Trans. Did you know that? If you were a Williamson Country, Tennessee, kindergartner and clicked on the book “The GayBCs” on the iPad given by your school for you to take home over the weekend, you would. You’d also know the B is for Bi. (You…
Pediatrician: When a Child Does Something Wrong, Do Not Scold but Praise the Child
A mother brought her 9-year-old son to my clinic. The boy beat someone at school, and the teacher told the parent. The mother said, “I don’t know what to do with him. Scolding does not work, nor does punishment.” I asked, “Can you tell me something he is good at?” The mother said, “He doesn’t…
Pediatrician: How Parents Can Communicate Effectively With Children Who Don’t Want to Listen
A mother brought her 9-year-old son to my clinic. The boy beat someone at school, and the teacher told the parent. The mother said, “I don’t know what to do with him. Scolding does not work, nor does punishment.” I asked, “Can you tell me something he is good at?” The mother said, “He doesn’t…
Oregon to Require Ethnic Studies for Students in K-12
Oregon’s youngest students will experience a new emphasis on race, identity, and equity as the state incorporates ethnic studies requirements into the social studies curriculum for all students in K-12. It will be the first state to do so. The new focus stems from an Oregon law passed in 2017 that directed the Oregon Department…
CRT Ideology Used in Schools Degrades the Individual: NYC High School Teacher
Paul Rossi says some level of societal indoctrination is inevitable in education, but when students are taught an explicit political ideology and prohibited from questioning those teachings, the results are damaging, the former teacher said. Rossi, who taught high school mathematics and persuasion at Grace Church School in Manhattan for 10 years, left the school…
What Brings You More Joy: Your Child Getting Into a Prestigious College or Getting Married?
Commentary The second of my two sons got married last week, and it prompted me to consider the question: What brings parents more joy: their child getting into a prestigious college or their child getting married (presumably to a good person)? Three things prompted this question: my joy and pride, the joy of those who…
Nurturing Love From Pain
In her late 40s, Judy Crotchett would pick up a teenager named Richard from a group home in Kansas City, Missouri, on the weekends. This relationship with the troubled youth changed the direction of his life—and hers. Nearly 30 years later, and still mentoring Richard—who now has a family of his own—Crotchett has signed up…
Patients Can’t Be Categorized by Medical Algorithms
Each of us has a unique life with different mental, physical, and environmental factors affecting our health. We may get similar sicknesses but for entirely different reasons, and that means the treatments that will help us get better should also be different. This inevitable diversity should be accounted for in our health care, but it…
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