February 12 2022
 
Good morning from Washington, where woke politicians and special interests try to tell the rest of us how to behave. This sort of tyranny corrodes civilizations, Victor Davis Hanson writes. Schools in California shouldn’t be allowed to encourage students to switch genders while leaving parents in the dark, Dov Fischer writes. Plus: how armed citizens defended themselves and others last month; the disintegration of Venezuela under socialism; and the left blows valentine kisses at China’s communist dictator. On this date in 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton ends with Senate votes to acquit him on both charges: perjury and obstruction of justice. Go, Bengals.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Why Ideology Is the Ancient Enemy of Civilization
By Victor Davis Hanson

What ultimately destroyed the evil empires of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were bankrupt dogmas.
COMMENTARY
California Schools Can Change Students‘ Gender Categories Without Parental Consent
By Dov Fischer

Soon after two parents voiced their anger with school officials for letting their daughter use male pronouns without their knowledge, Child Protective Services showed up at their doorstep.
COMMENTARY
11 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Highlight Importance of Second Amendment in New Year
By Amy Swearer

In Philadelphia, an armed Lyft driver with a concealed carry permit defended himself and his female passenger from two would-be carjackers who threatened them with a shotgun.
COMMENTARY
Maduro Carries on Chavez's Legacy As Venezuela Circles Drain in Downward Spiral
By J. William Middendorf

How could a country sitting atop 20% of the world's known oil reserves become the impoverished, suffering mess that is Venezuela today?
COMMENTARY
The Left’s Valentine’s Gift for Xi Jinping? Propaganda.
By Douglas Blair

When you’re praising the Chinese Communist Party instead of America, something has gone terribly wrong. And yet that’s what many on the radical left are doing.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: The Truth About Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
By Jay Richards

The proposed legislation would prohibit elementary school teachers from pushing classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity.
 
     
 
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