Commentary The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) in Orange County, Calif., has a plethora of advisory committees devoted to advising the board and administration on a wide variety of matters. Intertwined with all these committees is the “Continuous Improvement Council” charged with oversight of the district’s “Continuous Improvement Efforts.” This Council has been in place…
Irvine Unified’s ‘Continuous Improvement Council’: A Social Engineering Experiment
February 17, 2023
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Media Hysteria Fuels Anti-Gun Panic
February 17, 2023
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Commentary Emotionalism is the worst way to deal with policies. Yet it’s the main force behind the media hysteria pushing gun control. Especially by the Los Angeles Times, the main gun-control force in California. This is shown by two recent opinion articles they ran. Calina Ciobanu, a teacher and writer in Los Angeles, on Feb….
Retired Colonel Reads ‘How Humankind Came to Be,’ Receives Dream of ‘Lifeline to Heaven’
After Jim Smith read “How Humankind Came to Be” by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the English translation of which is now published on The Epoch Times’ website, he had what felt like “a semi-conscious dream.” In it, he was grabbing onto a “lifeline” to heaven. “If you do something wrong, or you sin, you lose your grip,”…
Large-Scale Protests in Wuhan Pose Unprecedented Threat to the CCP
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has now entered a period of instability. On Feb. 15, about 20,000 senior citizens gathered outside Zhongshan Park in Wuhan to protest against the CCP’s “health care reform.” This was the second mass gathering of seniors in the city. The first protest occurred on Feb. 8. One elderly man…
Does the World Need Religion?
Commentary The movie “Irreligious Nation,” produced by Joe Kakaty in collaboration with Sam Sorbo and available for a limited time on EpochTV, explores the ever-growing cultural shift in the West towards atheism and irreligion. In the wake of this growing trend, the Sorbo and Kakaty families traveled to Israel to explore their faith and examine…
‘Young Mr. Lincoln’ From 1939: A Classic Movie About Our 16th President
Commentary Who is the most famous or beloved president of all time? Judging by Hollywood’s Golden Era, I would wager that Abraham Lincoln was the most revered former president in the 1930s-50s. Countless movies refer to Honest Abe as a role model and inspiration of determination. Depictions of the sixteenth president were also very common…
Who’s Too Old to Be President?
Commentary During the first big interview of her presidential run, Nikki Haley had no response when asked by Sean Hannity how she differed from Donald Trump in even one area of policy. It was an unimpressive performance, considering how long the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador must have been mulling her White House…
The CCP Is Still the Largest Threat to US National Security
Commentary Melanie W. Sisson of the Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology on Feb. 7 told the House Armed Services Committee, “Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is seeking to expand its influence culturally, economically, politically, and militarily,” In President Joe Biden’s Feb. 7 State…
Why the Russian-Ukraine War Is a Teachable Moment for Southeast Asia
February 17, 2023
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Commentary Sometimes it’s good to get out of town and gain a new perspective on things. In my case, I got out of the United States entirely—to Singapore, in fact, where I recently attended a conference addressing the “lessons of the Russia-Ukraine war.” From the standpoint of Southeast Asia, the war has had several ramifications….
How the Spy Balloon Has Hurt China and the US
Commentary Beijing’s “balloon warfare operations” against North American targets—believed to be launched from a number of sites in Inner Mongolia—may have proven strategically counterproductive at a critical moment for China. The long-standing capability, evolving technologically and operationally over many years, came to a head with the public disclosure and shooting down by the U.S. Air…
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