Plus: Voters Reject Government Overreach at All Levels, but Leftists Won’t Listen
November 4 2021
Good morning from Washington, where the media keeps denying that government-sanctioned racism has infiltrated public schools. Fred Lucas fact-checks their insistence that critical race theory isn’t part of Virginia’s education establishment, while Lindsey Burke suggests next steps for the Republican governor-elect. Conservatives must follow through on Election Day gains, Nikki Haley tells a Heritage Foundation audience. On the podcast, a state schools chief shares a recipe for reviving civics education. Plus: Tim Murtaugh on repudiating the left; Biden’s dubious climate rhetoric; and Michigan’s dead voter rolls. On this date in 1922, a team led by British archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
“This issue of critical race theory, even though it is not being taught in Virginia public schools, became so core in this [gubernatorial] race,” says a CNN reporter.
Haley says Tuesday’s Republican wins send a message to President Biden that “he needs to quit listening to ‘the squad’ and start looking at conservatism.”
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen shares how she updated the state’s standards for social studies to better teach students about civics and how to be good citizens.
