Equitable Grading

Penna Dexter To address what they see as the problem of social inequities between students, education bureaucrats have implemented “reforms” in grading practices aimed at promoting ”equity” in student outcomes. In a new survey conducted by the Thomas Fordham Institute, an education-policy think tank, 52 percent of teachers said their school or district had adopted at least one of these…

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A “Quiet Revival”

By: Daniel Gullotta – wng.org – July 17, 2025 Gen Z is reportedly returning to church … but the same was once said of Millennials. Scan social media or glance at recent headlines, and you might sense a religious revival brewing among Gen Z. Reports enthusiastically claim that young people (especially young men) are returning to church, driven by newfound…

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Ten Iranian Questions

What are we to make of Saturday night’s destruction of the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan? Trump and the U.S. military took a great risk and succeeded in astounding…

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Horseshoe Coalition on Israel-Iraq

The ‘restrainer’ right and the progressives sound an awful lot alike on Israel and Iran — but they are on the margins. Source: Coalition Against Israel on Iran: ‘Restrainer’ Right and Progressives Sound Alike | National Review

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China’s Squandered Advantage

Penna Dexter Reuters reports that the Chinese government, which — not-so-long ago — forced a one-child-per family policy on its population, is considering a monthly subsidy to encourage families to have second and third children. Enforcement of the one-child policy was brutal. It included forced abortion and sterilization. A preference for boys led to the practice of sex selective abortion…

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Success Sequence

Penna Dexter It was once a given that a young person would graduate from high school, get a job, marry and then — and only then — have children. No longer. Today, half of American babies are born to unmarried mothers. Economist Melissa Kearney, author of The Two Parent Privilege says, “Roughly 30 percent of kids in the U.S. live outside…

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Pastor Who Almost Quit

By 2024, I had reached a tipping point: I no longer wanted to pastor anymore, and I wasn’t sure why. Looking back, I don’t believe that it had to do with stress as much as discouragement. 

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