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Even a 42-Ton Boulder Isn’t Safe From Woke Cancel Culture
Can a rock be racist? It can be, according to student activists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The school in early August moved a giant boulder that had sat prominently on campus for nearly a century to honor geologist and former university President Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. “This moment is about the students, past… -
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Fact-Checking 9 Major Biden Claims About Retreat From Afghanistan
Throughout the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which began in mid-August and wrapped up just before midnight Tuesday in that nation’s capital, President Joe Biden made many comments that later proved to be inaccurate. After 20 years in Afghanistan, the last U.S. military personnel departed, leaving the Taliban to take over completely following Biden’s… -
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3 Teachers Now Suing Virginia School System Over Transgender Pronouns
Students in one of the nation’s wealthiest suburbs returned to school Thursday even as three teachers were in court to challenge a school district policy forcing all teachers to refer to self-identified transgender students by their preferred pronouns. The Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering the reinstatement of Byron Tanner… -
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House Conservatives Call on Biden, Austin, Milley to Quit Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
The House Freedom Caucus called Tuesday for President Joe Biden and other administration officials to resign in order to take responsibility for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. “We call upon—most somberly—the resignation of this president, Joe Biden,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative Republican members of the… -
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North Korea Ramps Up Nuclear Weapons Production
The International Atomic Energy Agency recently assessed that North Korea resumed operations at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, which produces plutonium for nuclear weapons. Pyongyang also may have reprocessed nuclear fuel from previous reactor operations. The developments are worrisome and will test the Biden administration on how to respond to North Korea expanding its ongoing production… -
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North Carolina Report Highlights Indoctrination in Classrooms. Here Are 6 Stories From Parents and Faculty.
Is your child being indoctrinated by their school and teachers? This is what a report by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, tried to uncover. Robinson’s recently published “Indoctrination in North Carolina Public Education Report” highlighted incidents of both parents and teachers who believe that their school is foisting indoctrination on students or… -
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Elizabeth Warren Photographed Maskless at Wedding Despite Indoor Mask Mandate
Photos show Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., maskless at a New Mexico wedding in violation of the state’s new indoor mask mandate. Warren attended the wedding of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to longtime partner Skip Sayre at a tribal resort in New Mexico on Saturday, where photographs obtained by The Washington Free Beacon show both Warren and Haaland… -
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Afghanistan Pullout Deadline Is Here. What Happens Next?
After 20 years in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said the U.S. military completed its evacuation from Kabul by midnight local time, leaving behind a country under Taliban control. “It’s a sad geopolitical irony that the Taliban will control more of Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2021, than it did on Sept. 11, 2001,” Luke Coffey, director… -
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School Investigates Teacher Who Said She Told Students to Pledge Allegiance to Pride Flag
A California school district is investigating one of its teachers for encouraging students to pledge allegiance to the pride flag in place of the American flag, according to a viral video posted by the teacher and a district statement. Fox News identified the teacher as Kristin Pitzen of Newport-Mesa Unified School District in Orange County. In… -
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America Deserves Answers on Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
Viewing the chaos, death, and destruction accompanying the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Americans have many unanswered questions. Cable news anchors repeatedly quiz their guests with questions such as, “Should the U.S. have abandoned Bagram Airfield in early July?” Others rightly ask, “How could the U.S. have come to be dependent on the Taliban for airport… -
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CDC Should Revise Its Guidance Mandating Masks at School
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends “universal indoor masking of all students age 2 and older.” There’s just one problem: The leading study on which the CDC bases this recommendation found that the COVID-19 infection rate in schools requiring students to wear masks “was not statistically significant compared with schools where mask use… -
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Biden Must Avoid Another Fiasco With Iran After Afghanistan Debacle
President Joe Biden opted to continue with a half-baked “peace agreement” with the Taliban that he inherited from the previous administration and the results were disastrous. Now, the Biden administration is on the verge of making a similar mistake by seeking to resurrect the flawed 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration…. -
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I Served in Afghanistan. Biden’s Withdrawal Was Dishonorable, and Now We Need to Take Action.
As I have watched chaos ensue following the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, I have to say that these past few weeks have been a difficult time for me, as I’m sure it has been for others. As a veteran who served in Afghanistan, I can’t imagine a worse way to end this conflict. Most people… -
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US Intercepts Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport
The U.S. on Monday intercepted as many as five rockets launched at the airport in Kabul where evacuation efforts are ongoing. The White House said national security adviser Jake Sullivan and chief of staff Ron Klain briefed President Joe Biden on the attempted attack on the airport in Afghanistan's capital. Another official told Reuters that there were… -
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Judge Denies Mom Custody of Son Because She’s Unvaccinated
An Illinois mother says a judge stripped her of custody of her son earlier this month because she is not vaccinated against COVID-19. During a child support hearing Aug. 10, Cook County Judge James Shapiro asked Rebecca Firlit, 39, whether she is vaccinated. After learning that Firlit did not receive a vaccine, Shapiro barred her… -
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Teacher Fired After Speaking Against Gender Identity, Critical Race Theory, and Mask Mandates
A Louisiana teacher says he was fired after speaking out against the teaching of critical race theory, gender identity ideology, and mask mandates in his school district. Now Jonathan Koeppel says he wants to be a voice for anyone who is “sick and tired of being pushed around by the public education system just for… -
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Imagine No Big Cities
Remember John Lennon’s silly song “Imagine”? Well, here’s my (much shorter) version. Imagine if some of the biggest cities in America seceded from their states. Imagine Illinois without Chicago, Pennsylvania without Philadelphia, California without Los Angeles or San Francisco, New York state without New York City, or Texas without Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio. Those… -
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How Society’s Search for Identity Spurred Sexual Revolution, Gender Ideology
Today, biological men who identify as women are celebrated. Young girls taking puberty blockers are hailed as brave. How did we arrive at this place in our culture? Carl Trueman, a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and author of “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self,” says humanity’s search… -
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There Are Better Ways to Fight COVID-19 Than Mask Mandates
Even though policy should be based on accurate data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is failing to accurately justify its guidance that vaccinated people wear masks. The data clearly show that the vaccine helps people more than previous interventions, including mask mandates, and that the risk of dying from COVID-19 for the vaccinated… -
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Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point in Pennsylvania
If an independent panel votes down proposed regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania, state lawmakers will have added leverage to prevent Gov. Tom Wolf from joining a multistate initiative to address climate change. However, if the panel approves the regulations in a meeting Wednesday, Wolf’s executive agencies likely would gain latitude to move…