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Kerby Anderson Several educators have been injecting critical race theory into the classroom, but would you believe these ideas are even making their way into math classes? Apparently, it is happening and that is why the state of Florida rejected several dozens of mathematics books that contain “indoctrination concepts.” When politicians and pundits criticized the move, the Florida governor’s press secretary said these critics needed a “reality check.” She tweeted some math homework from a public school district in Missouri…

Kerby Anderson The synthetic drug, fentanyl, is responsible for as many as 100,000 overdose deaths. This is just one more reason why we need better border security. Fentanyl is produced mostly in China and then flown into Mexico. But there is now significant evidence that China is providing the chemicals to criminal drug networks in Mexico who then mass produce them as prescription pills. And drug cartels also lace the opioid into other drugs like heroin or methamphetamine. Fentanyl is…

Kerby Anderson In a podcast last month, White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested that the Biden administration will decide by August 31 about canceling student debt. The casual way she said it illustrates how casually the president is thinking about this. But the decision would be consequential. Charles Cooke says that if the White House were to go ahead and cancel all student debt, “it would represent one of the greatest political mistakes in modern American history. It would…

Penna Dexter Parents are increasingly raising concerns that public libraries are actively exposing their kids to sexual activities and reading material. But, when they complain about drag queen story hours and books that can only be described as pornography aimed at kids, smiling librarians assure them their libraries are simply committed to “free inquiry”. Indeed, Emily Drabinski, the recently-elected president of the American Library Association insisted in a TV interview that “There’s no big library agenda.” But there is an…

Kerby Anderson I have found that most speakers can tell you what question they receive most often. Melissa Cain Travis was on my radio program recently and said her most asked question is about the possibility of extraterrestrials. That makes sense since she often speaks on science topics that include a discussion of the vastness of the universe. The quick answer is that Scripture is silent on the possibility of other intelligent life forms in the universe. She reminds her…

Kerby Anderson For most of us, perception is reality. But there is mounting evidence that the perceptions of most Americans aren’t even close to reality. Two months ago, I talked on my radio program about a survey done by YouGov, an international research, data, and analytics group. I didn’t do a commentary on it at the time because there were so many other topics in the news. But now that the graph is showing up on social media sites, it’s…

Kerby Anderson The recent debates about free speech at Twitter have generated some excellent commentaries by liberals who wonder why others on the left are so opposed to the concept of free speech. One of those essays is by Jonathan Turley, Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He notes that, “Company boards have a fiduciary duty to do what is best for shareholders, which usually is measured in share values. Twitter has long done the opposite. It…

Kerby Anderson Here’s an economic prediction. The government will start encouraging you to buy bonds. If you think about that, such a proposition will be a tough sell since US treasuries pay around 2 percent when the inflation rate is 8.5 percent. Why would the federal government want more American citizens to buy bonds? I can answer that by citing two articles and one chart. The first article appeared in the Wall Street Journal and discussed how the US and…

Kerby Anderson For the last few years, woke corporations have been rewriting company policies. Then they decided to start rewriting legislation in several states. But that has not gone so well. Perhaps we are seeing a woke withdrawal from the public square. Last year, the state legislature in Georgia passed modest changes in their election laws. The left-wing establishment sprang into action calling its election integrity law a prime example of voter suppression. The president referred to the law as…

Penna Dexter The United States Supreme Court will soon announce its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to the Mississippi abortion law that prohibits abortion after 15 weeks’ gestation. Pro-lifers hope that the justices will take this opportunity to do away with past court precedent under Roe v. Wade, and to return the regulation of abortion to the states. Pro-abortion activists are seeking ways to work around the restrictions on pre-viability abortions that states are expected…

Kerby Anderson I go to bookstores frequently, but I don’t ever venture into the area of books for children. But a recent video and column by John Stossel has changed that. “Go into Barnes & Noble,” says Bethany Mandel, “and you will be met with a wall of biographies. Probably 27 different books about former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” She also talks about lots of books about Kamala Harris. But what about biographies on conservatives like Margaret Thatcher…