Responding to Multi-Gender Bathrooms
By Monte Larrick   |   06.30.16
A conservative leader is weighing in on the “bathroom wars.” Dr. Alan Carlson says making restrooms and locker rooms multi-gender is just a piece of the broader LGBTQ agenda. The founder of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society...
Think Everyone is Doing It? Think Again:  Teen Sex Plummets
06.14.16
“Teenagers have sex. Deal with it.” That was a dismissive statement by a blogger in 2012 who taught at Yale University's School of Public Health.
Social Scientists Discover Conservatives Aren’t Psycho
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.13.16
Perhaps some remember the plethora of news stories a few years ago touting a 2012 research paper that purported to show that authoritarian personality types tend to be politically conservative. In a remarkable turn of events the researchers have admitted...
The Final Straw… Maybe
05.23.16
We’ve learned several things since President Barack Obama dictatorially demanded that public school restrooms now be co-ed or risk federal funding. The first thing we learned is that in spite of well-intending parents saying their school is “different from all the other schools,” we now know they will all be the same with regard to restroom and locker rooms practices. Follow the money to D.C.
Federal Bathroom Decree Flushes Down Common Sense
By Monte Larrick   |   05.18.16
Equality and inclusion are in now thanks to the Obama Administration’s directive opening public school restrooms and locker rooms to anyone who chooses to come in. What could possibly go wrong?  Surely teenage boys, dirty old men and voyeurs will...
Emperor Obama Mandates Co-Ed Restrooms–and More
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.13.16
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.” The Obama Administration in yet another demonstration of its infinite hubris and, yes, wickedness has sent a joint “Dear Colleague” letter from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...
DOJ Joins ED to Redefine Sex and Rewrite Law
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.09.16
The federal government through its highly partisan Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to make law—again—by attacking North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom bill.” Last Wednesday, the DOJ sent a letter to NC governor Pat McCrory demanding that he rescind the law...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against District 211 and DOE Over Student Privacy
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.07.16
On Wednesday afternoon, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Thomas More Society filed a lawsuit in federal court against School District 211 and the Department of Education (DOE) on behalf of 51 district families who rightly claim that the district...
Latest CPS Outrage Violates Rights of Students, Staff, and Faculty
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.04.16
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) just issued guidelines that allow gender-dysphoric students and teachers to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the sex they wish they were rather than the sex they actually are. In public schools, staff...
Illinois Colleges Have Much to Learn about Free Speech
By Andrew Willis   |   04.29.16
There is never a shortage of stories about attacks on free speech on the American college campus.  Here is one which hits close to home at the College of DuPage (COD), a community college in the western suburbs of Chicago....
The Re-Education Camps We Call Universities
By   |   04.15.16
The totalitarian attitude on campus hit me in a very personal way on March 30 as I was sitting on an airplane at Reagan National Airport on my way to Albany, New York. I was informed that a campus debate...
Day of Silence Metastasizes
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.11.16
The upcoming National Day of Silence (DOS) On Friday, April 15, organized and promoted by the extreme leftist Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), urges students to refuse to speak for an entire school day including during class. The...
Common Core: the Trojan Horse for Federalized Education Control
By Tamara Cochran Louris   |   04.01.16
Education in America was originally the province of parents and churches. "Homeschooling" was the norm from colonial times through the mid-1800's, and a classic education was the model.
What Changed This Teacher’s Mind About Home Schooling
02.23.16
A 10-year-old girl lies in bed with a fever of 104 and a flaming rash on her head and neck. But instead of driving her to the emergency room or even calling a physician, her parents pray at her bedside for a cure. Most states still consider such "treatment" by the parents as a religious right protected by the First Amendment, even though it is perceived by most physicians and lawyers, as well as the American Medical Association, as parental neglect or even abuse.
Parents Putting the Foot Down Against Multi Gender Locker Rooms
By Monte Larrick   |   02.16.16
While education officials around the state go through hoops to make school restrooms and locker rooms multi-gender; concerned parents say the drive against, privacy and safety must be blocked. That’s why parents are supporting a new bill in the legislature...
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