The National Education Association (NEA), one of the nation’s largest and wealthiest unions, held its annual convention in Kansas City last month and passed dozens of leftwing and anti-parent resolutions. NEA president Keith Geiger announced the … [Read more...] about The Radical Agenda of the NEA
Self-Esteem and New Age in Public Schools
Self-esteem is the latest fad in the public schools, and educators are starting courses and politicians are creating commissions to manufacture this wonderful quality. A lack of self-esteem is supposed to be the reason why children do poorly on … [Read more...] about Self-Esteem and New Age in Public Schools
Defund the National Endowment for the Arts
Last week’s Senate committee hearing on the annual appropriation for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was carried live across America on C-Span. But C-Span’s TB screen did not and could not show the obscene and blasphemous works of alleged … [Read more...] about Defund the National Endowment for the Arts
Promises to “Fix” the Religious Daycare Issue
One of the several reasons why Congress left the Hawkins and Downey daycare bills twisting in the wind at the time of the Christmas recess was a failure to agree on how to handle the ticklish issue of religious daycare. At least a third of … [Read more...] about Promises to “Fix” the Religious Daycare Issue
Censorship of Religious Songs
An indignant parent appeared before the Mayfield City School Board in Cleveland, Ohio recently because the 4th grade daughter Kristen had been prohibited from singing “Jesus Put a song in My Heart” at a purely voluntary school talent show. School … [Read more...] about Censorship of Religious Songs
Pell Brings New Age to the Senate
Wouldn’t you think that, with all the real responsibilities Senators have to deal with, they wouldn’t be out inventing new problems for themselves? It looks like New Age has come to the Senate in the form of S.J. Res. 135 sponsored by Senators … [Read more...] about Pell Brings New Age to the Senate
Will Congress Wipe Out Religious Daycare?
It is different to escape the conclusion that one major purpose of most of the daycare bills pending in Congress is to prevent all preschool children from being subject to any religious influence. Any federal legislation that would give grants for … [Read more...] about Will Congress Wipe Out Religious Daycare?
Another First Amendment Issue in Satanic Verses
Despite all the ink that’s been spilled over Salman Rushdie’s sensational book, The Satanic Verses, there is another First Amendment issue that hasn’t been addressed. That’s the issue raised by the decision of the largest bookselling chains in the … [Read more...] about Another First Amendment Issue in Satanic Verses
The American Civil Liberties Union
A critic wrote a letter-to-the-editor of one of the newspapers that carries my column and complained thusly: “She confuses my calm, rational thinking with facts.” Well, dear reader, here’s another column of “just the facts, ma’am.” Since the … [Read more...] about The American Civil Liberties Union
Seizing the Moral High Ground of Politics — November 1988
