Plus: What Creates Leftism? Affluence Plus Secularism
May 3 2021
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden apparently welcomes demonization of white Americans in public schools. In Idaho, Jon Butcher writes, they’ve put a stop to the effort to divide by race. On the podcast, we take a deeper look at PragerU’s resources for parents and teachers to counter leftist propaganda in schools. Plus: the words of President Biden and Sen. Tim Scott provide a study in contrasts; advice for LeBron James; and your letters about woke corporations and sports. On this date in 1954, a unanimous Supreme Court rules in Hernandez v. Texas that the 14th Amendment applies to all racial and ethnic groups, including Hispanics, who face discrimination.
Officials at an Idaho middle school tried pressuring teachers to judge students by the color of their skin. But state lawmakers rejected this application of critical race theory.
Those who believe in unbiased education and critical thinking have a place to turn for help. These PragerU resources offer an opportunity to counter the leftist agenda permeating our schools.
Sen. Tim Scott’s demeanor was positive and upbeat. He didn’t see a glass half full, but one overflowing with possibilities if we pour in the right policies.
James should have thought long and hard before he tweeted about a police officer, “You’re next. #accountability,” implying a comparison to the officer convicted in the killing of George Floyd.
“What sports kingpins don’t understand is that people watch sports to escape from the daily pressures of life. We don’t want to be embroiled in political science,” reader Bob DeLaet writes.
About 14 separate families or groups of illegal immigrants boarded a flight Thursday at McAllen International Airport in Texas, the man in charge of border security during the Trump administration says.
