Penna Dexter Not that long ago, majorities in both political parties believed that marriage was the union of one man and one woman. In 1996, when Congress passed DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, only one Republican voted against it. In 2013, the Supreme Court, in its Windsor decision, struck down DOMA’s definition of marriage. And in 2015, in Obergefell…
Read NowPenna Dexter The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision restores the regulation of abortion to the states where it belongs. The abortion industry is pushing back with scare tactics as evidenced at a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). In testimony before the HELP Committee, Kristyn Brandi, chair of Physicians for Reproductive Health, tried to…
Read NowPenna Dexter The 8.6-percent rate of inflation we’re seeing in headlines is bad. If you’re 40 or younger, you’ve never experienced anything like it. But inflation, for most Americans, is much worse. Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen explains that “The official government inflation rate comes from the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a basket of goods that…
Read NowPenna Dexter The sexual revolution was well underway when the Roe v. Wade decision brought abortion to the nation. If anything, the free sex culture of the sixties brought about the demand for legal abortion. Now, the demise of Roe may very well shine a spotlight on real damage to the culture enabled by legal abortion. A couple of well-known…
Read NowPenna Dexter The pro-life movement isn’t over, nor should it weaken with the end of Roe v. Wade. Getting rid of Roe has never been the movement’s sole motivator. Not so long ago, striking down Roe seemed a near-impossibility. But pro-lifers were busy supporting pro-life candidates, passing restrictions on abortion, counseling abortion-minded women, and providing for their needs. All of…
Read NowPenna Dexter The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued a report warning of a “high risk of energy emergencies during peak summer conditions” across much of the country. NERC estimates that two-thirds of the U.S. could experience blackouts this summer. Progressives want to limit our dependence on fossil fuels. They are shutting down coal plants without enough full-time power…
Read NowPenna Dexter A Wisconsin school district has charged three eighth-grade boys with sexual harassment and has initiated a Title IX investigation associated with these charges. This type of accusation is normally tied to rape or other unwanted sexual advances. If convicted, the damage to a young man’s reputation and future can be devastating. When the boys’ parents got the call…
Read NowPenna Dexter There’s new research into the magnitude of the decline in children’s achievement that resulted from Covid-19 school closures. Thomas Kane, an economist and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, says the learning loss is “far greater than most educators and parents seem to realize.” He’s part of a team from the American Institutes for Research, Dartmouth…
Read NowPenna Dexter When are America’s established, successful and reliable corporations going to stop generating PR disasters for themselves by wading into woke gender politics? State Farm Insurance Company operates on the franchise model with thousands of agents serving tens of millions of customers. The company is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Until last week, State Farm’s famous claim, “Like…
Read NowPenna Dexter Over time, Target Corporation has made a string of marketing and policy decisions that blur gender lines — and more. First, the company stopped separating children’s clothing according to sex. Boys’ and girls’ departments ceased to be specifically identified and much of the clothing for kids skewed androgynous. This didn’t generate much controversy but, in April 2016, Target…
Read NowPenna Dexter During the Q & A session at a recent seminar an audience member, a mother of four accomplished girls, wondered: “How do we help our teenaged children have good friendships?’ Coming from her, the question seemed odd. But the speaker, Coleman Ford, who teaches at Southwestern Theological Seminary, shares that concern. He pulled a phone out of his…
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