California wants schools to keep parents in the dark

December 27, 2025

California wants schools to keep parents in the dark

California’s bizarre crusade against parents on behalf of transgender activists has suffered a temporary setback. That doesn’t make it any less alarming that California is picking this fight in the first place. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled that parents have a right to know if their children are trying to identify as […]

Macron’s pointless upcoming call with Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron‘s recent overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin represent yet another profound misunderstanding of the war in Ukraine. Paris welcomed Putin’s “readiness” for bilateral talks with Macron after the French leader said last week that it would be useful for Europe to talk to Putin. But this only demonstrates that almost four […]

Ave Maria: Myth and history

In the final days of Socrates’s life, as he waited for his execution in an Athenian prison, his closest friend, Crito, visited him, waking him from a glorious dream. In that dream, a woman in white had appeared to him, assuring him that on the third day following, he would reside in the land of Pythia, […]

Why is Zohran Mamdani surrounded by antisemites?

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani might not be an antisemite. He must just have really bad luck that everyone he surrounds himself with and is now empowering as part of his incoming administration happens to be one. Mamdani’s director of appointments, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, resigned last week after just one day on the job. […]

Five classics to get you back to reading

The classics are making a comeback. The great books of the past, which have been in danger of falling by the wayside as people read less and less, are suddenly reentering the zeitgeist. Guillermo del Toro’s film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was a big hit this year. The upcoming adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights has the internet buzzing. A new miniseries of Jane […]

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Why we love It’s a Wonderful Life

Living in the present moment can be difficult, and our busy lives make it even more so, especially during the Christmas season. The season can weigh heavily, pulling us in a hundred directions. Our minds drift to memories of past Christmases that seem warmer, then quickly project into the future: Will Mom or Dad still be […]

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