June 10 2021
 
Good morning from Washington, where more folks are standing up to the left’s indoctrination of school children. On “Problematic Women,” Virginia Allen speaks with a Texas mom who got elected to her local school board by fighting critical race theory. Change at Princeton illustrates that standards are jettisoned in favor of woke ideology, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, Heritage Foundation scholar Joe Loconte shows how a great philosopher remains relevant to America. Plus: ending the unemployment bonus; fighting antisemitism; and defending women’s sports. On this date in 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower rebuts critics by insisting in a major speech that America will keep its military strong in a worldwide fight against communism.
 
 
 
ANALYSIS
She Won Her School Board Race by Opposing Critical Race Theory
By Virginia Allen

“The community turnout at this election really sent a message to our district and gave us a mandate going in to say, ‘We don’t want critical race theory in our schools,'” says Hannah Smith, a mom of four.
COMMENTARY
9 Reasons Why Federal Unemployment Bonus Subsidies Need to Go
By Rachel Greszler

The latest data shows 9.3 million job openings and 9.3 million unemployed workers.
COMMENTARY
Princeton Drops Standards in Name of ‘Equity.’ Here’s Why That’s Pernicious.
By Jarrett Stepman

Forget learning Latin and Greek or any of those other structures of “white supremacy.”
COMMENTARY
Americans Must Resist Rising Antisemitism
By Robert Wilkie

Although it is still hyperbolic to think that America will travel the same road as Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East, the signs are not encouraging.
NEWS
Cruz Grills NCAA President Over Support for Men in Women’s Sports
By Mary Margaret Olohan

“That was a not remotely subtle threat for the NCAA to target and boycott any states where legislatures are acting to protect girls sports and women’s sports,” says Sen. Ted Cruz.
ANALYSIS
How John Locke Influenced the Founding, and the Advice He’d Give America Today
By Virginia Allen

Locke’s ideas about property and freedom helped to shape America as the Founders drew on his ideas when they wrote the nation’s founding documents.
NEWS
Parents Praise Teacher Suspended for Saying He Won’t Use Transgender Pronouns
By Rachel del Guidice

“He is an admired and respected teacher, and I think it was disgusting what they did to him,” says parent Beverly McCauley.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: The Definition of Courage Has Shifted Since Normandy
By Ben Shapiro

Bravery circa 1944: young men charging onto the corpse-strewn beaches of Normandy to liberate a continent. Bravery circa 2021: young men identifying as women, and vice versa.
 
     
 
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