A group of parental rights advocates in Orange County, California, claim school policies are moving away from teaching math, reading, science, and other core subjects to teach students controversial “emotional intelligence” ideas and are trampling on their constitutional rights to direct the upbringing of their children by not allowing them to opt their children out. The…
Parents Take Legal Action to Demand Right to Opt Out of ‘Emotional Intelligence’ Curriculum
April 3, 2023
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Twitter Strips New York Times’ Verified Check Mark From Main Account
April 3, 2023
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Twitter has pulled the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times after the newspaper said it would not pay a monthly subscription, as the social networking service began to remove legacy check marks for all users on the platform. Late last month, the Elon Musk-owned company announced a deadline as…
Sex Traffickers Using TikTok to Lure Children, Youth Therapist Warns
April 3, 2023
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TikTok may be providing opportunities for sex traffickers to groom children, a youth therapist has warned. Dr. Katie Guinn has spent the last 10 years providing in-home family therapy to young people and their families in the Acadiana region of Louisiana. She is the regional director of The Center for Children and Families, a nonprofit…
‘Pay File’ Glitch Leaves Student Veterans Without Their GI Bill Housing Stipend
April 3, 2023
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Hundreds of students who are veterans of the United States Armed Forces (and their dependents) are unhappy because their monthly housing stipend from Uncle Sam didn’t show up in their bank accounts when due on March 31. As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) explained late on March 30, those who receive the allowance electronically will…
China’s New Premier Reiterates ‘Opening-Up’ Policy at International Forum, But Outside World Skeptical
April 3, 2023
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China’s new Premier Li Qiang reiterated the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s new “reform and opening-up” policy at the Boao Forum a few days ago. However, observers believe that the CCP’s fundamental policy and economic situation won’t experience significant changes as long as the CCP is around, despite the leadership’s change in tone. Li Qiang…
America’s Banking Regulators Have Failed
April 2, 2023
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Commentary March 28 hearings on bank regulation exposed the shortfall of federal regulation. The hearings came in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure and the stresses on other banks, like Signature and Republic. To put it frankly, the hearings exposed our regulators appear to be virtually useless. Among things we learned last week:…
1 Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting Outside Shopping Center in LA, Police Point to Drugs
April 2, 2023
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A person is dead and three others injured in a shooting at a shopping center in West Hills in the western San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, on Saturday afternoon. Police responded to the shooting around 3:45 p.m. at the parking lot outside Trader Joe’s at Fallbrook Center, according to multiple reports. The shopping center…
Alabama School Districts File Lawsuits Against Social Media Platforms Over Youth Mental Health Crisis
April 2, 2023
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Three Alabama school districts have filed lawsuits against the major social media platforms alleging them to have created a mental health crisis among children. “The harm created by social media companies has strained already limited school resources as educators attempt to combat the widespread problems caused by social media addiction,” said Joseph VanZandt, co-lead counsel…
Fearful Churches Are Failing to Teach Americans Moral Character, Says Pastor
A recent poll showing a decline in traditional American values confirms what conservatives have been saying: the character of America is changing. The percentage of those polled who said patriotism is important dropped from 70 percent 25 years ago, to 38 percent today. While 59 percent said having children was important 25 years ago, now…
Kindergarten and School-Aged Pupil Enrolments Drop Sharply Amid China’s Decline in Births
April 1, 2023
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News Analysis China’s kindergartens and elementary schools have seen student numbers decreasing dramatically following the year-by-year shrinking of China’s birth rate. The trend is expected to intensify and extend to higher grades in middle schools and colleges in the upcoming years. On March 23, the Ministry of Education said in a press conference that in…
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