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Lowry: Biden’s Push to Radicalize the U.S. Government

February 22, 2023

According to Rich Lowry writing in the NY Post, Joe Biden is pushing to radicalize the federal bureaucracy by his recent executive order to implement diversity, equity and inclusion in the Government wide process with the goal of advancing racial equity and underserved communities, with “anti-racist” writer Ibram X. Kendi as the head of his Office of Personnel Management.
Fairfax County, Virginia Public School Teach Students They are Inherently Biased

February 17, 2023

Documents obtained by the Washington Examiner reveal that Public Schools in Fairfax County, Virginia are teaching students that they harbor inherent biases based on their religious or ethnic background under the guise of social-emotional learning, requiring students to consider how their racial or religious background guides their opinion of behaviors.
Bill Gates, Elites Exploring AI to Censor Political Opponents

February 15, 2023

In an interview on a German program, “Handelsblatt Disrupt,” Gates calls for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prevent specific viewpoints from being spread online which would combat “political polarization” by checking “confirmation bias.”
UNC Chapel Hill to Establish School of Civic Life and Leadership

February 13, 2023

The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees, in an effort to harbor A free speech culture on campus has voted 12-0 to establish the School of Civic Life and Leadership giving UNC students the opportunity to “explore American civic values with the full freedom of expression, intellectual diversity, and open inquiry that such studies require.”
FBI Retracts Memo Labeling Traditional Catholics ‘Violent White Supremacists’

February 13, 2023

Following the scandal after a leaked report that revealed the FBI it is investigating the threat of “white supremacy” among “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics” (RTCs) who prefer Latin Mass, FBI headquarters rescinded the report insisting that the Bureau does not “open an investigation based solely on First Amendment protected activity.”
The Hill: What to know about Education Savings Accounts

February 08, 2023

As school choice continues to make headlines, Lexi Lonas writing for The Hill explores the in and outs of the latest phenomenon passing in some states and being proposed in numerous others, Education Savings Accounts, which are state funded accounts for parents seeking alternative education options for their children outside of the local public school.
UK statement to the OSCE: Russia’s Repression of Human Rights at Home and Abroad

February 06, 2023

UK Ambassador Neil Bush giving a speech in Vienna to the OSCE condemned Russia’s brutal repression of human rights at home and abroad that are evident following the invasion of Ukraine and the release of the Moscow Mechanism report last year.
School-Choice Debate: Values-Based Arguments Winning

February 06, 2023

Jay P. Greene and Jason Hedrick of the Heritage Foundation explain the evolution of the school choice movement over the last three decades and its recent rapid ascension as one of the key topics of the day, due, in large part, to a different communication strategy that highlights the connection between education and family values.
Q&A with Dr. Samuel Gregg on The Vatican’s New Guidelines for Ethical Investing

February 03, 2023

Dr. Samuel Gregg, in a resent interview with catholicworldreport.com gives an overview of the the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences new document Mensuram Bonam, and how he believes it is an improvement from the former unofficial Catholic guidelines on the ethics of investment but remains critical of the document's position towards ESG investing.
Santiago Declaration: 'Our Future Is Public'

January 31, 2023

A new manifesto from An international coalition made up of more than 200 trade unions and progressive advocacy groups entitled the Santiago Declaration, calls for a « complete overhaul of our global economic system » including demands for universal access to gender-transformative and equitable public services.