A Texas state representative and local parents say they’ve battled mostly “woke” school board trustees for almost a year to remove sexually explicit books from their city’s school libraries. “It’s been a very long story and a very big fight,” State Rep. Jared Patterson, a Republican from Frisco, told The Epoch Times. Patterson said he…
Texas Lawmaker, Parents Battle School District Over Sexual Content in Libraries
October 27, 2022
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Book Review: ‘Britfield & the Return of the Prince’: A Long Read Full of Action, Short on Suspense and Substance
October 26, 2022
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The third book in the planned seven-book Britfield series has arrived, and as much as I was looking forward to reading “Britfield & the Return of the Prince,” it unfortunately did not live up to expectations. The first two novels by C.R. Stewart in the series, “Britfield & the Lost Crown” and “Britfield & the…
Book Review: ‘Medicare for All, Really?: Why A Single Payer Healthcare Plan Would Be Disastrous for America’
October 24, 2022
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Several years ago, I wrote a feature on a Virginia doctor who decided to leave the system. He was one of the better-known and respected physicians in the area, and his leaving this group of providers was a shock for many. He was tired of dealing with insurance companies and their piles of paperwork. He…
Etiquette, Eating, and Eloquence: Two Leading Ladies of the English Language
Ask someone who knows the movies to name an actor and actress who best depicted sophistication, grace, and style on the big screen, and odds are that Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant will pop up in that conversation. “Sophisticated” is an adjective often linked with both of these stars. In nearly all his roles, from…
Book Review: ‘How to Tell a Story’: A Concise Yet Thorough Translation of Aristotle’s ‘Poetics’
Writers-to-be, unite! Actually, writers-who-already-are, feel free to come along, too. Philip Freeman, who holds the Fletcher Jones Chair in humanities at Pepperdine University, has issued a new and more concise translation of Aristotle’s famous work, “Poetics.” Freeman’s translation is part of Princeton University Press’s ongoing Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers collection, to which the author…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Oct. 21–Oct. 27
This week, we feature a classic novel about a sailor seeking atonement and a prescription for American race relations by a highly respected doctor. Fiction Murder Among Soldiers ‘A Gentleman’s Murder’ By Christopher Huang Only five years after The Great War, a murder occurs in a soldiers-only club. British veteran Lt. Eric Peterkin finds himself…
Book Review: ‘Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation’
It’s been 14 years since our youngest graduated from high school. Much has changed in the public-school arena just in the last decade. None of our children were faced with critical race theory or gender politics in the classroom. I didn’t worry about what they were reading in literature classes. I’m thankful that our three…
California Teacher Sues After Being Fired for Not Reading LGBT-Themed Books to Toddlers
Out of the 12 books available to Nelli Parisenkova while she was employed at the nation’s largest chain of childcare centers in Studio City, California, five promoted LGBT lifestyles, which she avoided due to her Christian religion. But a new supervisor, Katy Callas, allegedly decided Parisenkova’s refusal to read the books to toddlers was unacceptable…
Finding and Belonging: Edward Everett Hale’s Short Story, ‘The Man Without a Country’
Belonging to a country instills for us a sense of identity, and it is a terrible thing to lose, as Phillip Nolan found out. In his short story, “The Man Without a Country,” Edward Everett Hale follows Nolan, a lieutenant in the United States Army, who loses his homeland through his pride, arrogance, and inordinate…
Book Recommender: An Adventure Mystery Explores Fascism and Anti-Fascism in America
C.J. Box has been writing about the fictional adventures of Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett for over two decades. During that time, Pickett has remained happily married and watched his daughters grow up. He has become a little battered and a little slower over time, yet he still loves his job. “Shadows Reel” is the…
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