“In the language of Orthanc, help means ruin, and saving means slaying” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. This short speech shows that Tolkien was as clear-eyed as Orwell about the nature of totalitarianism. Saruman the wizard, as Tom Shippey has pointed out, is very much a
Anna Agresti PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Anna Agresti is a college freshman and an Academy Fellow in the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation . heritage.org Leftist indoctrination may be a dominant force in the classroom, but winning hearts and minds is often easier than most conservative
Kerry McDonald fee.org Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019). She is also an adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute and a regular Forbes contributor. Kerry has a B.A. in
Let’s not kid ourselves: the BDS movement is anti-Semitism. Many of its adherents might protest otherwise, some of them no doubt actually believe it, a small number are surely well-intentioned, but the fact remains: BDS is anti-Semitic. Its founders are outspoken in their hatred of Jews. Its aim is
As education standards in Australia continue to decline by world standards, teachers’ unions invariably use it as an opportunity to demand even more money than ever – despite the fact that Australia has been investing more and more money and getting worse and worse results for over a decade. On the
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Wendy Francis says the current impetus for teaching children how to consent to sex, combined with “progressive” moves to remove age of consent are terrifying for parents and terrific for paedophiles. What then should we teach them to keep them safe? The Good Sauce · Consent isn&
400 years after Galileo, a new curtain of darkness is being drawn over the Enlightenment. Scientists and thinkers dare not publish heretical texts, for fear that their careers and even their lives may be summarily destroyed by a superstitious mob and an Inquisitorial establishment. While they may not throw heretics
Proposed changes to the Education and Training Act 2020 are part of an ongoing attack on school choice by Labour, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Labour is hell-bent on a one-size-fits-all approach to our education system.” The Government is proposing to deprioritise children and siblings of former students
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Recently some students in Wellington skipped school and marched demanding government action on climate change. Photographs of the event unsurprisingly featured crowds of mostly young women with that look. You know, that wide-eyed earnest but naive and slightly unhinged do-gooder look which makes even the
Today’s revelation by the Government that there are 17 schools where fewer than 20 per cent of students are attending school regularly is just another illustration of the magnitude of New Zealand’s attendance crisis, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Four schools have fewer than 10 per
Dunedin Mum New Zealand schools will be introducing “Aotearoa New Zealand Histories” in 2022 to all schools and kura across the country. Be sure to get the name right. It’s Aotearoa New Zealand Histories, not New Zealand history. The “Aotearoa” part is important, as is “histories”, not “history”. As
In a time of universal deceit, as Orwell said, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Well folks, we indeed live in a time of near-universal deceit. Not least that the people who pose as revolutionaries are really the Establishment – and the one thing they really hate is people who
It’s official, now: everything is racist. We’re not just talking about actors inadvertently referring to “coloured people” or crime figures that show that black Americans overwhelmingly dominate crime statistics. Oh, no: nothing escapes the stain of “racism” any more. Maths, music, statues, Abraham Lincoln, chess, golf, craft beer,
