Public school officials caused harm to Asian students’ college applications by not notifying them of important academic achievements. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin began 2023 by asking the state’s Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate the allegation that officials at Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ) intentionally withheld notifications of National Merit awards from the school’s students […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1174243871-scaled.jpg17072560Helen Raleighhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngHelen Raleigh2023-01-29 00:29:432023-01-27 17:16:55America’s Systemic Racism Problem Is Mostly In Woke, Anti-Asian Education Bureaucracies
Understanding the “trans” phenomenon means recognizing it’s about more than gender. In 2013 the DSM-V, an authoritative diagnostic manual for therapists and clinicians published by the American Psychiatric Association, defined gender dysphoria as “the distress that may accompany the incongruence between one’s experienced or expressed gender and one’s assigned gender,” where “gender” refers not to […]
Taking “the hair of the dog that bit you” means curing a hangover with another drink in the morning. Nobody follows that principle as public policy, but current government practice regarding gambling and drug use subscribes to the same logic. For instance, there haven’t been too many Puritans around in a long time who objected […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-488077463-scaled.jpg17002560David Lewis Schaeferhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDavid Lewis Schaefer2023-01-27 00:30:542023-01-22 07:19:18A Little More Poison
With each new batch of the “Twitter Files,” it’s becoming increasingly apparent that Twitter censors were not only duplicitous scoundrels aiming to advance an agenda but also incompetents who failed to see the consequences of their actions. Whether it was suppressing the Hunter Biden story, shadow banning and de-amplifying popular conservative figures and certain medical […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-183250793-scaled.jpg17062560Auguste Meyrathttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngAuguste Meyrat2023-01-25 00:30:472023-01-21 06:15:53Shadows on the Wall [A Start to Defeat Woke Tyranny]
On election night, I was half-watching Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s victory remarks when something quite extraordinary and encouraging caught my attention. DeSantis evoked Churchill’s “fighting on the beaches” speech, in which Churchill stirred the resolve and patriotism of the British people in anticipation of the invasion of their homeland by the Nazis. DeSantis, of course, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-5.38.20-PM.png18143360Thomas D. Klingensteinhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas D. Klingenstein2023-01-24 00:30:572023-01-20 17:34:37DeSantis Goes to War
The Arizona state Senate Education Committee met Wednesday [1/18/23] to consider SB 1001, The Given Name Act, a one-page, 21-line bill that states that any individual involved in the Arizona public education system would be required to use the pronoun associated with a student’s biological sex unless the student’s public school or charter school received […]
Soccer Moms are giving way to Single Woke Females – the new “SWFs” – as one of the most potent voting blocs in American politics. Unmarried women without children have been moving toward the Democratic Party for several years, but the 2022 midterms may have been their electoral coming-out party as they proved the chief […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1349960155.jpg50169967Joel Kotkin and Samuel J. Abramshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJoel Kotkin and Samuel J. Abrams2023-01-20 00:29:002023-01-19 17:23:50The Rise of the Single Woke (and Young, Democratic) Female
With signs reading “education for all” and “support for all students,” a coalition of about 150 parents protested Tuesday over newly-elected Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to dismantle the nation’s largest school choice program, parents told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Hobbs’ executive budget released Jan. 13 called on state legislators to roll back the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Katie-Hobbs-2.jpg270474Reagan Reesehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngReagan Reese2023-01-19 14:00:352023-01-19 14:22:02‘Cripple Children’: Parents Protest Against Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Move To Scrap Key School Choice Program
Only 16% of Gen Zers are “proud” to live in the United States. That finding comes from a recent Morning Consult poll, which assessed generational attitudes about the United States. The poll shows that there has been roughly a 20-percentage-point drop of pride in country every generation since the Baby Boomers, 73% of whom express pride […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1138169409-scaled.jpg17072560Jarrett Stepmanhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJarrett Stepman2023-01-19 00:59:242023-01-19 14:25:28Why Only 16% of Gen Z Are Proud to Be an American, and What We Should Do About It
Newly-elected Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to undo the nation’s most expansive school choice program could affect thousands of students and families who are already utilizing the state’s voucher program, school choice advocates told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Hobbs’ executive budget released Jan. 13 asked state legislators to reverse the state’s expansion of […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/katie_hobbs-1.jpg13652048Reagan Reesehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngReagan Reese2023-01-18 00:31:122023-01-17 09:58:27Arizona Governor’s Plan To Undo Nation’s Largest School Choice Program Will Harm Students, Advocates Say
America’s Systemic Racism Problem Is Mostly In Woke, Anti-Asian Education Bureaucracies
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty/by Helen RaleighPublic school officials caused harm to Asian students’ college applications by not notifying them of important academic achievements. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin began 2023 by asking the state’s Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate the allegation that officials at Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ) intentionally withheld notifications of National Merit awards from the school’s students […]
Weekend Read: Soul Dysphoria [A Trans and GenZ Disaster]
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Life Advocacy/by Spencer KlavanUnderstanding the “trans” phenomenon means recognizing it’s about more than gender. In 2013 the DSM-V, an authoritative diagnostic manual for therapists and clinicians published by the American Psychiatric Association, defined gender dysphoria as “the distress that may accompany the incongruence between one’s experienced or expressed gender and one’s assigned gender,” where “gender” refers not to […]
A Little More Poison
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Politics/by David Lewis SchaeferTaking “the hair of the dog that bit you” means curing a hangover with another drink in the morning. Nobody follows that principle as public policy, but current government practice regarding gambling and drug use subscribes to the same logic. For instance, there haven’t been too many Puritans around in a long time who objected […]
Shadows on the Wall [A Start to Defeat Woke Tyranny]
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security/by Auguste MeyratWith each new batch of the “Twitter Files,” it’s becoming increasingly apparent that Twitter censors were not only duplicitous scoundrels aiming to advance an agenda but also incompetents who failed to see the consequences of their actions. Whether it was suppressing the Hunter Biden story, shadow banning and de-amplifying popular conservative figures and certain medical […]
DeSantis Goes to War
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Thomas D. KlingensteinOn election night, I was half-watching Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s victory remarks when something quite extraordinary and encouraging caught my attention. DeSantis evoked Churchill’s “fighting on the beaches” speech, in which Churchill stirred the resolve and patriotism of the British people in anticipation of the invasion of their homeland by the Nazis. DeSantis, of course, […]
Arizona Senate Panel Debates Parental Rights’ School ‘Pronouns’ Bill
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News/by Tony KinnettThe Arizona state Senate Education Committee met Wednesday [1/18/23] to consider SB 1001, The Given Name Act, a one-page, 21-line bill that states that any individual involved in the Arizona public education system would be required to use the pronoun associated with a student’s biological sex unless the student’s public school or charter school received […]
The Rise of the Single Woke (and Young, Democratic) Female
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Joel Kotkin and Samuel J. AbramsSoccer Moms are giving way to Single Woke Females – the new “SWFs” – as one of the most potent voting blocs in American politics. Unmarried women without children have been moving toward the Democratic Party for several years, but the 2022 midterms may have been their electoral coming-out party as they proved the chief […]
‘Cripple Children’: Parents Protest Against Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Move To Scrap Key School Choice Program
/in Arizona News, Education, Featured, Latest News, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Reagan ReeseWith signs reading “education for all” and “support for all students,” a coalition of about 150 parents protested Tuesday over newly-elected Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to dismantle the nation’s largest school choice program, parents told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Hobbs’ executive budget released Jan. 13 called on state legislators to roll back the […]
Why Only 16% of Gen Z Are Proud to Be an American, and What We Should Do About It
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security/by Jarrett StepmanOnly 16% of Gen Zers are “proud” to live in the United States. That finding comes from a recent Morning Consult poll, which assessed generational attitudes about the United States. The poll shows that there has been roughly a 20-percentage-point drop of pride in country every generation since the Baby Boomers, 73% of whom express pride […]
Arizona Governor’s Plan To Undo Nation’s Largest School Choice Program Will Harm Students, Advocates Say
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Latest News/by Reagan ReeseNewly-elected Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ plan to undo the nation’s most expansive school choice program could affect thousands of students and families who are already utilizing the state’s voucher program, school choice advocates told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Hobbs’ executive budget released Jan. 13 asked state legislators to reverse the state’s expansion of […]