Commentary In recent weeks, an offensive has been launched against me in the Flemish media. I’ve been accused of being a liar, a far-right extremist, a conspiracy theorist, controlled opposition, and of indoctrinating my students. I’ve quietly listened to every voice that felt called to make itself heard. And I have the impression that everyone who had something to…
The Attempt to Burn Me at the Stake
Academic Statesmanship Is the Key to Our Civic Recovery
Commentary As numerous scholars have noted, America is engaged in a “Cold Civil War.” Political differences revolve around adhering to the original Constitution or rejecting it for a living Constitution hollowed of any enduring meaning. In such a situation, the role of civic education could provide a soothing balm to America’s inflamed political passions. A recent study by…
Undermining US Citizenship at K-12 Schools on American Military Bases
Commentary Schools on American military bases, educating almost 70,000 children of service personnel, push the same anti-racism curriculum found in America’s most liberal school districts, with the goal of preparing these students for lives dedicated to a global citizenship meant to displace American citizenship and the American way of life. The Department of Defense Education…
Women Are Disproportionately Hurting Our Country
Commentary When I was in college, I read a book by George Gilder, one of the wisest thinkers of the last half-century, titled “Naked Nomads,” which had a deep impact on me. It was about single men and all the pathologies associated with them. For example, Gilder drove home the point that the biggest factor…
The Psychology of Totalitarianism
Commentary At the end of February 2020, the global village began to shake on its foundations. The world was presented with a foreboding crisis, the consequences of which were incalculable. In a matter of weeks, everyone was gripped by the story of a virus—a story that was undoubtedly based on facts. But on which ones? We caught a…
Race Matching and Other Crazy Theories Destroying Our Schools
Commentary Gov. Ron DeSantis nails it when he demands that teachers “educate children, not indoctrinate.” As schools reopen, a war is raging to control the minds of students. On one side, the nation’s largest teachers unions are pushing race consciousness, demonization of American history, and graphic sex education, even in elementary school. On the other…
University of Maryland Wants ‘Anti-Racist’ Activists to Work as Writing Consultants for Students, Faculty
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, is looking for students to work as writing consultants, and one of the preferred qualifications is a background in “anti-racist” coursework or activism. Writing consultants work at the university’s writing center to help other students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty to critique and improve research papers, resumes, cover letters, grant applications,…
Maryland University Campus Seeks to Hire ‘Anti-Racist’ Activists as Writing Consultants for Students, Faculty
The University of Maryland’s Baltimore campus (UMB) is seeking students to work as writing consultants, with a background in “anti-racist” coursework or activism as one of the preferred qualifications for applicants, according to the school’s website. Consultants at the university’s writing center offer assistance and feedback to other students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty to improve research…
The Untold Story of 10,000 North Korean Orphans in Eastern Europe: Interview With Director Kim Deog-Young
In the early 1950s, more than 100,000 children were orphaned by the Korean War, but neither of the two sides, North and South, had the resources to care for them. Orphans of South Korea were sent to the United States and Western Europe for adoption. Meanwhile, North Korea distributed its orphans across Eastern Europe to…
Back to School 2022
Commentary As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but also impact the public education system, which is being used in too many districts to indoctrinate more than educate. Stories about drag queens in kindergarten, forcing…
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