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March 14, 2023
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| 10 Things to Know about the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| This weekend was the most tumultuous for the banking sector since 2008, as an apparently prosperous, mid-sized bank completely collapsed. When the dust settled, federal regulators had taken over management of two banks while several others teetered on the brink. Needless to say, the incident has deeply shaken Americans' confidence in the banking industry. |
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| Thousands of Schools Won't Tell Parents About Kids' Gender Transition: Report |
| by Ben Johnson |
| More than 5,000 schools across the nation allow teachers to hide a child's decision to identify as a member of the opposite sex from the child's parents. The parental exclusion policy - which is heavily advocated by LGBT lobbying groups and applies to more than 3.2 million children nationally - has already resulted in the sexual trafficking of at least one young girl. |
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| Woke Priorities Borrowed Trouble for Belly-Up Bank |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| It says a lot about the state of our nation when the country's second largest lender, Bank of America, feels the need to reassure people: "We are capitalists." CEO Brian Moynihan reiterated that message to shareholders last week after the uproar over his company's woke investments. Now, a handful of days later, as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) sparks panic across the market, the critics seem right to wonder: Will corporate activism bankrupt us all? |
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| Stanford Allows Judge Kyle Duncan's Speech to be Shouted Down by Activists |
| by Dan Hart |
| On March 9, a Federalist Society event at Stanford Law School featuring U.S. Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan was disrupted and shouted down for an extended period by dozens of transgender activists and other hecklers, causing the event to end at least 40 minutes earlier than planned. Law professors and free speech advocates are expressing concern over the incident, calling it the latest egregious example of an ongoing assault on academic freedom and free speech occurring at college campuses around the country. |
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