On May 9, 2023, Gov. Jay Inslee signed Washington State Senate Bill 5599 into law. It went into effect on July 23. An Associated Press article’s headline read “Trans Minors Protected From Parents Under Washington Law.” Parents opposed this law that would allow the State to carry out sex “transitions” on their … Read more
The Canadian Parliament just passed a bill that makes quoting certain passages of the Bible a crime. Bill C-9 criminalizes citing Scripture—particularly passages about homosexuality. All this is done under the guise of “stopping hate,” whatever that means. In Canada, citing texts that criticize lewd behavior is legally perilous. Texts such as … Read more
At the 250th Anniversary of our nation’s founding, Americans can now celebrate the valor of another hero who has marked our history. On June 18, 2026, Col. John Ripley (USMC) was posthumously presented with the Medal of Honor, along with Majors James Capers and Nicholas Dockery, during a packed White House ceremony. … Read more
When America heard that President Donald Trump would posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Col. John W. Ripley today on June 18, 2026, many Americans wanted to learn more about this extraordinary hero. Fortunately, award-winning author Norman Fulkerson has already produced the first and only cradle-to-grave biography of Col. John W. … Read more
The Barack Obama Presidential Center will open to the public on June 19 and is already surrounded by controversy, primarily for its appearance. In fact, controversy has been a constant companion of the project since its announcement. To call it stark is an understatement. In fact, one admittedly right-wing source referred to … Read more
The FBI is warning parents that their children could be lured into terrorist gangs. All this might take place without leaving their homes. Usually, tales of recruiting into violent terrorist gangs do not call to mind middle-class children playing video games after days in their suburban junior high schools. However, recruiters are … Read more
In a single article, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) managed to cover two very different bankruptcies—one being that of Muslim culture and the other being of any sense of morality the vaunted state-run British media giant may once have had. A Destitute City Much of the article focused on seven men who … Read more
The global climate apocalypse is not coming; in fact, it never was. Science has spoken, and the official models predicting Earth’s demise have been debunked. The Earth will survive. The official model used was the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP 8.5), a climate modeling pathway first published in 2014. It was an … Read more
The lure of the perfect teaching machine is great. The reality is always disappointing. Machines simply cannot adapt to students’ needs as rapidly or smoothly as a competent and caring teacher. Tales from the Classroom Consider this parent’s lament. “When my son was in first grade, he came home from school in … Read more
Most people think of nationalism in political or cultural terms. They define it simply as citizens making their country their primary focus. But nationalism has other manifestations. Focusing on the nation can lead to economic policies that prioritize protecting and leveraging national resources. The tariff, for example, is one measure nations use … Read more