September 6 2021
 
Happy Labor Day from Washington, where policymakers on the left apparently have no problem with woke corporations messing with your finances if you are conservative. Annelise Butler and Anthony Imperato outline the threat. Parents need to take it  seriously when a pro-Antifa teacher feels free to indoctrinate students, Mary Clare Amselem writes. Plus: the president’s new incentive to keep the nation safe; what’s missing from cable “news”; children return to a different kind of school; and your letters on hot topics. On this date in 1995, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig’s record and reviving interest in baseball.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Left Doesn’t Just Want to Censor You on Social Media. It Also Wants to Close Your Bank Accounts.
By Annelise Butler

Political leaders on the left and Big Tech are joining arms to bar dissidents from the digital space entirely, including from having the ability to make and receive payments online.
COMMENTARY
Antifa Teacher’s Indoctrination Attempts Should Outrage—and Mobilize—Public School Parents
By Mary Clare Amselem

No parent should be forced to subject their child to radical Marxist brainwashing.
COMMENTARY
Terrorist Groups Are Still Operating in Afghanistan. Does Biden Have a Plan to Keep Us Safe?
By Terence Jeffrey

President Biden may have withdrawn the U.S. military from Afghanistan, but terrorist groups intent on attacking the United States still operate there.
COMMENTARY
Cable 'News' Channels Could Use More News
By Tim Graham

Only 22.3% of the cable news hours surveyed can be defined as "hard news"—most of them consist of partisan opinion segments and commercials.
COMMENTARY
Back to (What Kind of) School? Transgenderism, Yes; Testing, No
By Cal Thomas

This summer's controversy over the teaching of critical race theory and whether to wear masks is only part of the problem.
COMMENTARY
We Hear You: Losing Ballots, Stiffing Landlords, and Rethinking Afghanistan
By Ken McIntyre

“Mail-in voting is an invitation to cheat, period. It was not necessary to institute mail-in voting in 2020 in the first place, except to facilitate cheating and fraud,” writes Joseph Pascucci.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: 'Fact-Checkers' Rush to 'Correct' Grieving Gold Star Parents
By Tim Graham

Two Gold Star fathers, Darin Hoover and Mark Schmitz, appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” to bitterly complain that Biden repeatedly checked his watch during the ceremony.
 
     
 
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