Tag Archives: COVID–19
This is Why Kids Don’t Need Smartphones
For many years people have insisted that the online world is not the “real world.” There are elements of truth to this —a screen avatar can never capture the fullness of who someone is and the filtered versions of ourselves that we present on the internet can often hide what is actually happening in our lives — but in the nearly two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have found ourselves, at some point or another, living significant portions of our lives online. As we grapple with this brave new world it is important that we recognize how the shifting digital landscape affects children and teens and the ways that it can harm them.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged COVID–19, smart phones
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Independent Abortion Facilities are Closing and That’s Good News!
The so-called “Abortion Care Network” (ACN) recently reported that independent abortion facilities are closing at an “alarming rate.” In the past five years, 113 independent abortion facilities have closed, including 34 since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past decade, the number of independent abortion facilities has declined by 30 percent. The rate at which these clinics are closing is not what is alarming. What is alarming is that they ever opened in the first place and that, far too often, we are numb to the daily massacre committed by the abortion industry.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged 40 Days for Life, Abortion Care Network, COVID–19, Patience Griswold, Planned Parenthood, sidewalk counseling
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Health Care Right of Conscience Act Still Protects Your Right to Refuse COVID-19 Vaccination & Testing
Article II Section 1 of the Illinois Constitution provides that “[t]he legislative, executive and judicial branches are separate. No branch shall exercise powers properly belonging to another. Article VI Section 1 provides that “[t]he judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, an Appellate Court and Circuit Courts.”
With the passage of Senate Bill 1169 (SB 1169), Governor JB Pritzker and his cronies have attempted to usurp the exclusive power of the judicial branch of government.
With the passage of Senate Bill 1169 (SB 1169), Governor JB Pritzker and his cronies have attempted to usurp the exclusive power of the judicial branch of government.
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged COVID–19, Health Care Right of Conscience Act, Illinois Constitution, J.B. Pritzker, SB 1169, Vaccine exemption, vaccine mandate
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Pushing Parents Out, Biden Administration Further Weaponizes ‘Education’
When it comes to education policy, the Biden administration is making the radicalism of the Obama years look mild by comparison.
The goal is to ultimately replace parents with bureaucrats and “experts” to facilitate the indoctrination of America’s youth. That transformation is accelerating.
Not only are the education system and America’s children being weaponized against America, federal law enforcement is now being weaponized against parents who speak out about it.
If left unchecked, catastrophe awaits. However, the more monstrous the federally directed abuses in schools become, the more outraged Americans join the fight.
The future of the nation is literally …
Posted in Education
Tagged Arne Duncan, Biden Administration, Common Core, COVID–19, Critical Race Theory, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Hillary Clinton, Kevin Brock, Merrick Garland, Miguel Cardona, Mike Braun, National Association of School Boards, Obama Administration, Ron DeSantis, Scott Smith, Terry McAullife, The 1619 Project
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Illinois Representatives Hope to Restrict Governor’s Unilateral Rule
In March of 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor JB Pritzker issued a series of emergency orders. Executive Order 2020-04, issued on March 13, 2020, was the governor’s first time seizing emergency power. Under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, the governor can issue a state of emergency declaring a disaster within the state, giving himself 30 days of emergency power. The governor, in a state of emergency, has complete control over all state institutions and public health. Although the measure intends to streamline governmental response in times of disaster, Governor Pritzker exploited a loophole in the …
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged Avery Bourne, COVID–19, Dan Brady, Dan Ugaste, Elizabeth Hernandez, Greg Harris, Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, Illinois General Assembly, JB Pritzker, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Mark Batinick, Norine Hammond, Tom Demmer
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The Health Care Right of Conscience Act & COVID-19
State Representatives Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston), Bob Morgan (D-Highwood) and State Senator Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) are sponsoring legislation (SB 1169) to diminish the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act specifically for COVID-19 remediation. In other words, these state lawmakers are heading up the effort to strike down existing legislation protecting citizens' rights to excuse themselves from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Posted in Faith
Tagged Bob Morgan, COVID–19, Health Care Right of Conscience Act, JB Pritzker, Melinda Bush, Robyn Gabel, SB 1169
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Why the Heavy-Handed Mandate Bullying?
I am not an anti-vaxxer, and plenty of my friends and colleagues have been vaccinated. And, from the perspective of those who believe that the COVID-19 vaccinations are safe and effective and even life-saving, I can understand the desire to see everyone vaccinated. But what I cannot possibly understand is the threatening, vindictive, heavy-handed bullying in conjunction with the mandates. Not only are these unfair and even cruel, but they give fuel to the fire of those who view the mandates as nothing less than dangerous governmental overreach.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Chicago Police Department, CNN, COVID vaccine, COVID–19, Medical News Today, Military Readiness, The Hill, vaccine mandate
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Boycott the Schools!
In America in 2021, citizens’ loud but nonviolent demonstrations before elected officials are tantamount to domestic terrorism and “hate speech,” while the Black Lives Matter and Antifa insurrectionary violence of 2020—which resulted in at least 30 deaths, over $1 billion in property damage, and the brief rise of lawless “autonomous zones” in Seattle, Philadelphia, New York, and Richmond, Virginia—is “fiery but mostly peaceful protest.”
The danger is clear and present—it simply depends upon who is protesting. As one wag put it on Twitter, “The DOJ used to go after MS13. Now you want them to go after Moms of 13-year-olds?”
The danger is clear and present—it simply depends upon who is protesting. As one wag put it on Twitter, “The DOJ used to go after MS13. Now you want them to go after Moms of 13-year-olds?”
Posted in Education
Tagged Antifa, Black Lives Matter, COVID–19, Critical Race Theory, Department of Justice, Derrick Bell, Doreen Diaz, Fair Housing Act, Hans Bader, hate speech, Joe Biden, Kyrsten Sinema, mask mandate, National School Boards Association, Parent Empowerment Act, Parent Revolution, Terry McAuliffe, The Parent Power Handbook, U.S. Justice Department
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No Vax, No Treat
Dr. Jason Valentine of Mobile, Alabama has stated that he will, effective Oct. 1, no longer treat patients unvaccinated for COVID 19. The Web site, “THINK” attempts to examine the ethics of the good doctor and others who have made similar choices or have indicated they are weary of treating patients who have refused to get the vaccination.
Posted in Faith, Religious Liberty
Tagged COVID–19, Dr. Jason Valentine, vaccine mandate
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Mask Mandates Should be the Last Straw
With the increasingly extreme attack on parental rights and medical freedom represented by Governor J.B. Pritzker’s COVID mask and vaccine mandates for schools, there has never been a better time for parents to sever all ties with the government's “education” system.
As if the dumbing down, perverse sexualization and extreme indoctrination were not serious enough already for parents to make serious moves protecting their children, government officials in Illinois decided last month to double down on the extremism.
As if the dumbing down, perverse sexualization and extreme indoctrination were not serious enough already for parents to make serious moves protecting their children, government officials in Illinois decided last month to double down on the extremism.
Posted in Education
Tagged Brown University, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Christian Liberty Academy, COVID vaccine, COVID–19, Darren Bailey, Illinois High School Association, J.B. Pritzker, Ron DeSantis
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The Vital Signs of American Christianity: Critical But Not Terminal?
Recently, I compared crucial vital signs for Americans aged 18 to 44, surveyed in the respected National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). I compared the data released in 2013 to the same survey released just six years later, in 2019. Here’s what the data show:
Posted in Faith
Tagged COVID–19, National Survey of Family Growth
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Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises
Leftists here in Illinois have been heeding the opportunistic control freak Rahm Emanuel’s instruction:
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
Most Illinoisans going about their business, working hard and raising children, have heard nothing about the power grab underway right now by leftist swamp creatures in Springfield. As citizens continue to battle governmental authorities—both elected and unelected—who have used the pandemic crisis to usurp our rights, swampsters in Springfield are busy passing legislation to ensure the government will …
Posted in Education, Illinois Politics
Tagged Christopher Belt, COVID–19, Department of Public Health, HB 2789, Illinois State Board of Educatio, Michelle Mussman
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Child Abuse in Plain Sight
The COVID-19 school lockdowns have led children to live lives of social isolation, which have increased rates of anxiety, depression and suicide. Additionally, the learning loss has been incalculable. And now, many of those who have been able get back to in-person classes are being subjected to woke schooling and its foundational underpinning, Critical Race Theory (CRT). Those who condemn CRT pedagogy... usually comes from those who have an issue with its inherent radicalism. But what about its effects on children’s psyches?
Posted in Education
Tagged Anna Smith, Climate change, COVID–19, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Marxism, Horace Mann, Karl Marx, Lewis Andrews
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Biden’s COVID-19 Plan: Force Taxpayers To Pay For Abortions
Back in 1994, a worried Delaware taxpayer sent a message to his senator. "Please don't force me to pay for abortions against my conscience," he said. Joe Biden sent an unambiguous response.
"I will continue to abide by the same principle that has guided me throughout my 21 years in the Senate: those of us who are opposed to abortion should not be compelled to pay for them," he wrote.
"I will continue to abide by the same principle that has guided me throughout my 21 years in the Senate: those of us who are opposed to abortion should not be compelled to pay for them," he wrote.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Abortion, American Rescue Plan, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chris Smith, COVID–19, EWTN, House Ways and Means Committee, Hyde Amendment, Jackie Walorski, James Lankford, Joe Biden, Jose Gomez, Justice Department, Owen Jensen, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life Caucus, Roe v. Wade, tax funded abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Foxx
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Chicago Teachers’ Union’s Absurd Tweet About School Re-Openings
The state of Illinois long ago made the embarrassing leap from local joke to national joke. The Land of Lincoln is now the corrupt, insolvent, morally vacuous, leftist dystopia of U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, Springfield mob boss Mike Madigan, Governor J.B. Pritzker, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot. I guess the lazy, irresponsible, anti-science, and morally vacuous community organizers that comprise the Chicago Teachers’ Union thought Illinois was not getting quite enough national PR, so on Sunday, they tweeted,
The push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.
Say what? Even for …
Posted in Education
Tagged 1619 Project, Chicago Teachers Union, COVID–19, Critical Race Theory, Dick Durbin, Illinois Policy Institute, J.B. Pritzker, John Piper, Lori Lightfoot, Mike Madigan, National Education Association, Tammy Duckworth, Wuhan virus
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