ACLU: Mask Bans Are Unfair to Students with Disabilities
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the state of South Carolina for its law banning mask mandates, on grounds that such a ban...
Month : August 2021
Steve Hinnefeld: The Absurd Misuse of History
Steve Hinnefeld lives in Indiana. He was taken aback recently to hear anti-maskers comparing themselves to leaders of the civil rights movement. He says we...
Tragedy in Afghanistan
I am not a foreign policy expert. Some who read this blog are experienced military veterans, and your views are far better informed than mine....
Ottawa County, Michigan: Anti-Maskers Disrupt County Commissioners’ Meeting
The state of Michigan allows school districts to determine their policies on masking, which is a terrible idea since it politicizes decisions in each district....
Only Girls’ Boarding School in Afghanistan Successfully Escapes the Taliban
The entire student body and staff of Afghanistan’s only girls’ boarding school—about 250 people—managed to escape. CNN reported: “Last week, we completed the departure from...
California: The Gripping Story of One School Bus Trying to Escape the Paradise Fire
I read this excerpt from a new book, published in the Washington Post, and was mesmerized by the account. The book’s author is Lizzie Johnson,...
George Washington Was First to Mandate Vaccinations
To all those patriots out there who are “resisting” mandates for vaccines and masks, please read this. George Washington was not only “First in war,...
States and Districts Impose Bans on “Critical Race Theory”: Why They Should Not
State legislatures and even school districts are banning ”critical race theory,” typically based on misinformation about what it is and what it isn’t. The laws...
Tim Schwab: The Puzzling Rules about Financial Ties of Writers at the New York Times
Tim Schwab, an independent journalist, has written several articles about the Gates Foundation and its canny strategy of subsidizing the media to assure favorable coverage....
Leonie Haimson: Columnists at NY Times Report on Gates Projects While Benefitting from Gates’ $$$
Following Tim Schwab’s investigation of financial conflicts of interest at the New York Times, Leonie Haimson describes her efforts to persuade editors at the Newspaper...