Boaz Dvir Assistant Professor of Journalism Penn State The Florida Department of Education announced on April 10, 2023, that it had rejected 35% of the social studies books publishers submitted for approval and use in the state’s public schools. The move was based on a determination the books contain
mises.org In history classes (in public or private schools, colleges, and others), state propaganda and mainstream history, a historical fiction has been spun that allegedly debunks any notion of noninterventionism. This is the myth of American isolationism. The assertion usually goes that America was extremely isolationist prior to World
libertynation.com The Israeli government has wasted no time in retaliating to a continuous and intense bombardment by Islamic jihad militants from the Gaza Strip, fighting back with successful airstrikes. In recent days, along with accurate air defense protecting Israeli cities from the Palestinian rocket fire, Israeli defense forces have
brownstone.org A new analysis finds that Prozac (generic name fluoxetine) is unsafe and ineffective for treating depression in children and adolescents. Regulatory documents show that trial participants attempted suicide after taking fluoxetine, but these events were excluded from the final journal publication. I notified the journal of the new
mercatornet.com The squalid court case just ended over an alleged sexual encounter in the mid-90s between Donald Trump and a saleswoman in a shop fitting room was always likely to end badly for him. Bizarre as the episode sounded, any accusation would seem credible given Trump’s own record
brownstone.org Two years ago, major American cities were segregated by vaccine status. Mask mandates delineated safe and unsafe. Signs told us to be separate from each other. We couldn’t even encounter each other during shopping thanks to one-way grocery aisles. We were not allowed to visit families or
lens.monash.edu If slang is the people’s poetry, then Australia lost a poet last week. Barry Humphries breathed life into Australia’s “slanguage” – but it was often an imagined life. When it comes to their lexicon, Australians take pride in skirting the thin line between reality, romanticisation and
As Nick Cave has written, today’s coronation of King Charles III “will more than likely be the most important historical event in the UK of our age. Not just the most important, but the strangest, the weirdest”. Cave meant the latter entirely as high praise. The “strangeness” of rituals
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’ve never met him but I have enormous admiration for Bruce Moon, a man with impressive academic credentials (Google him and see). Now in his 90s, plainly outraged by the blatant lying about the Treaty, he is devoting his remaining years to fighting this
mises.org In March 2009, in the midst of recession, then Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner was pressed to respond on the question of whether or not another currency – possibly the IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)—might displace the US dollar as the dominant global reserve currency. Geithner responded that
mercatornet.com Reconceiving of marriage in terms of “self-expression” has been a terrible, value-laden mistake, betraying the pretensions to liberal neutrality. Plural marriage is inferior for raising children and for maintaining marital harmony; but most of all, in today’s climate, it creates a culture dedicated to adult sexual self-expression
One of the more odious outrages of the rainbow groomers is their sleazy determination to appropriate the religious beliefs of indigenous cultures to their creepy agenda. When the cocks-in-frocks co-opt so-called “two-spirit” beliefs which were present in some Native American tribes, they’re committing a cultural appropriation more egregious than
We have come to the end of yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Roger Childs’ new book New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination? Today we are announcing the three lucky BFD members who won a book. We used an online
