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Good luck finding patriotic politicians
Ruy Teixeira and Karlyn Bowman explore the absence of patriotism from much of today’s political discourse. Simple appreciation for America, and a desire to build on its strengths, has become…
Pledge of Allegiance
expression of loyalty to the Flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America
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The Feminine Urge to Rebel
“And liberty and justice for all.” As a little girl, my class and I would open each school day with an essential part of every military child’s liturgy: the Pledge…
Education
Fight Over Critical Race Theory Involves Future of ‘America’s Story’
Editors at the Washington Examiner place the battle over Critical Race Theory in context. For decades now, left-wing activists have used their power in academia and public education to fundamentally…
Elections & Public Integrity
Progressive group plans to hit county election boards with “administrative advocacy”
Democracy NC is a progressive organization that is a charter member of Blueprint NC that produced the 2013 strategy memo that advocated attacking the new Pat McCrory administration with a…
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Goldberg puts ‘First Man’ flap in context
Jonah Goldberg ponders at National Review Online the recent hubbub involving a new movie about the first moon landing. The film First Man debuted at the Venice Film Festival. The…
Law & Public Safety
Leef examines speech protections in latest Forbes column
George Leef’s latest Forbes column focuses on the latest high-profile court case involving an attack on free speech. One of the great liberal (in the true sense of the word)…
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I Know, “Work on Leslee”
So, while I’m all bent out of shape because people tell me I think everybody is rational while they’re telling me irrational stuff and shouting down any attempt to respond,…
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Some Books Are Like Wine
Henderson County libraries were merrily ridding their shelves of old books. This is nothing unusual. Director Trina Rushing explained one book told of plastic surgery in the 1980s, another was…
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“Our schools no longer teach the American dream.”
Christina Hoff Sommers of the American Enterprise Institute writes a compelling piece here about the decline of civics education in our country and the irony it represents as we discuss…
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Wouldn’t it be nice?
What the latest Bloomberg Businessweek describes as a flaw in the operations of our current Congress actually sounds pretty good. Although most members of Congress left Washington weeks ago to…
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Other items of interest
WPTF Radio listeners heard guest host Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach, discuss the estate tax and a Michigan lottery winner who’s living on food stamps. Gray…
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Another WSFCS teacher incident
Reynolds High School teacher Brent McNair has been suspended following an incident with a female student for which he faces a criminal assault charge. All I know is seems like…