Penna Dexter House Republicans proposed the Limit, Save, Grow Act as an attempt to pair modest reductions in spending growth with approval of an increase in the debt limit. The legislation includes requirements that able-bodied adults work if they are to receive welfare such as food stamps and Medicaid. This is not angry mean Republicans “cutting benefits.” The Wall Street Journal points out…
Read NowPenna Dexter School choice: an idea whose time has come. Finally. It took Covid school closures that lasted way too long. Students lost ground in reading and, to a greater degree, in math. Remote schooling brought surprises for parents who learned that their kids were being taught to hate their nation because it’s racist and — by the way —…
Read NowPenna Dexter A recent poll by The Wall Street Journal and NORC, at the University of Chicago, reveals that some of the core values that have traditionally united Americans are much less important to us than in the recent past. When this survey was conducted in 1998, 70 percent of respondents said patriotism was important to them. In 2019, 61…
Read NowPenna Dexter The devastating murder of six at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee that cruelly invaded our Easter season, leads to some conclusions. First, a pattern of mass shootings by transgender individuals is emerging — In Colorado Springs, last November, south of Denver in 2019, and in Aberdeen, Maryland in 2018. Breitbart’s John Nolte points out that “In less…
Read NowPenna Dexter The Biden administration is set to revoke a federal regulation that defends religious liberty on college and university campuses. Christian legal groups were elated when, in 2020, Education Secretary Betsy De Vos put forward a rule stipulating that colleges that receive federal funding cannot deny religious organizations of any right, benefit, or privilege that is allowed to other organizations. The 2020…
Read NowPenna Dexter The recent release of the Centers for Disease Control’s bi-annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey has sparked discussion about the role social media plays in the substantial rise of mental illness among young people. Prominent researchers have conducted hundreds of studies on the influence of screen-based activities on teen mental health, mostly reporting only “small effects.” Mindful of social…
Read NowPenna Dexter Over decades, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — D.E.I. — has gained a foothold in higher education. It enshrines gender and identity politics and encourages non-white students to see themselves as victims. One university president explains this march to the left, stating: “Universities have drifted away from ideas to ideology.” Walter Wendler is President of West Texas A&M University, located in the Texas…
Read NowPenna Dexter There are about 100 pediatric gender clinics in the U.S. doing irreversible surgeries on youngsters that more than a few come to regret. One such person is Chloe Cole, age 18. I heard her story in a breakout session at a conference put on by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Chloe told us she began experiencing emotional struggles…
Read NowPenna Dexter We’re officially in Lent, the period of 40 days, which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar. It’s a time of preparation for Easter, and, in many Christian traditions, a season of remorse. I think Lent can serve a good purpose even for people who are not in liturgical churches and don’t observe or think about it much. During Lent we…
Read NowPenna Dexter There’s been much written lately about Jamie Reed’s piece for the online publication, The Free Press. Ms. Reed, who describes herself as “a queer woman, politically to the left of Bernie Sanders, now married to a transman,” worked for four years as a case manager at Washington University Transgender Center at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She left…
Read NowPenna Dexter Lamenting the rise of censorship and speech controls, prominent First Amendment attorney and law school professor Jonathan Turley writes: “That alarming trend is no more evident than lawyers saying they “cannot breathe” in the presence of the exercise of free speech.” He points to the story of Robin Keller, an attorney with a distinguished career spanning 44 years,…
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