The coronavirus pandemic will not stop LGBTQIA+ activism in public education, at least in the liberal Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system. The county, which is located north of the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C.,…
Articles By: Spencer Irvine
Penn State professors livid over lack of mask mandate
Penn State University re-opened fall 2021 classes on its campuses, but faculty members are resisting the return to in-person, normal classes due to the pandemic. Administrators told faculty members that the campuses will be safe,…
Teacher shortage affecting education nationwide
One of the rarely-discussed effects of the coronavirus pandemic was the looming teacher shortage, both full-time and substitute teachers, across multiple states in the country. Teachers have told the media and their administrators that the…
Study: Stronger teachers’ unions means more mask mandates
Mask mandates, a controversial political tool of politicians, public health officials, and teachers’ unions, divides America over the efficacy of wearing cloth masks indoors or outdoors to prevent infection from the coronavirus. A study confirmed…
Utah teacher unemployed after anti-conservative rant
A schoolteacher was caught on video ranting about masks, vaccines, politics and former President Donald Trump in a Utah high school. The female high school teacher at Lehi High School taught chemistry, but chose to…
Mask, vaccine mandates on the rise at colleges
As colleges return to in-person, normal classes this fall, more and more colleges and universities are imposing mask mandates and vaccine requirements for returning or incoming college students. There were some lawsuits filed by students…
Critical Race Theory battles still rage across America
Critical Race Theory is a real threat to American civic education, but the media makes it seem that it is a partisan issue and that much of the attention has died down. Yet, the fight…
South Carolina Supreme Court rules in favor of mask mandates
The South Carolina Supreme Court, echoing other legal decisions, said that mask mandates are legal under the Palmetto State’s laws. The unanimous decision by the court’s six justices noted that the university cannot discriminate against…
U.S. Supreme Court sides with Indiana University vaccine requirement
College students sued Indiana University on the grounds that they should not have to comply with a vaccine requirement. Now, the highest court in the land agreed with the university and refused to block the…
Academics back Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal despite chaos
Videos of Afghans climbing walls and standing on active airport runways in the capital city of Kabul have fueled the ongoing debate about the Biden administration’s rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan. There have been unconfirmed reports…
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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