Category: Education

Cultural Decay: Now, Even Many “Elite” College Students “Can’t Read Books”

October 9, 2024

By Selwyn Duke When hearing that many “elite” undergraduates “can’t” read books, first coming to mind could be that they’re not actually elite. (The term “pseudo-elite” suggests itself.) As for the word “can’t,” no, it’s not that these college students, often Ivy Leaguers, are illiterate. The issue is something different: conditioning.
Teacher Who Wouldn’t be Part of “Trans” Child Abuse of Boy Jailed for THIRD Time

September 4, 2024

By Selwyn Duke It’s said that Saint Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland. It appears, however, that he might’ve missed a bunch. That is, if a recent story out of the Emerald Isle is any guide. To wit: In a testimonial to our upside-down world, an Irish Christian teacher has been imprisoned for the…
Ivy League Student Organization Aims for “Total Eradication of Western Civilization”

August 14, 2024

By Selwyn Duke “Hey hey, ho ho, Western Civ has got to go” chanted racial agitator Jesse Jackson and 500 demonstrators back at Stanford University in 1987. As with a cancer left untreated, too, it didn’t end there but metastasized. And whether it’s now stage 3 or stage 4, where we currently are is well…
Party of Weird: Biden’s Bizarre Twist on Title IX Takes Effect Today

August 1, 2024

By Selwyn Duke “‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’” — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass As humans, who cannot communicate telepathically, we as a rule will use our common language with its widely agreed-upon…
Does Christian Fundamentalism “Infect” Our Schools?

July 26, 2024

By Selwyn Duke As if cuing ominous music, we hear incessant warnings today about “Christian nationalism” and “fundamentalism.” We’re supposed to fear these forces and, in particular, their alleged inroads into education. In fact, as the Los Angeles Times writes this week, this phenomenon threatens to “destroy” our schools and transform us “from a democracy to a…
Many Gen Zers Don’t Like America. Is It Surprising?

July 7, 2024

By Selwyn Duke A recent survey found that 40 percent of Generation Z believes our Founding Fathers are more akin to villains than heroes. This stat is just a reflection, too, of a generation that studies show is the least patriotic in American history. In fact, laments one Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012)…
Education Does Broaden One: University Hires “Fatness Studies” Prof

July 3, 2024

By Selwyn Duke “Fat liberation” and “representation” used to mean liberating fat from your body so it wouldn’t be overrepresented there anymore and you could fit into last year’s swimsuit. Now it’s the business of a new breed of activists, one of whom was just hired by Pennsylvania State University to teach students about, among…
Louisiana, Law, and Lies: Is Displaying the Ten Commandments in Classrooms Constitutional?

June 21, 2024

By Selwyn Duke “The fundamental basis of this Nation’s law was given to Moses on the Mount,” said a famed American figure. “The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.” Which evangelist said the above? Billy Graham? Pat…
Professor Wants to Commit “Genocide” Against Western Civilization

June 12, 2024

By Selwyn Duke Westerners used to believe they were heirs to the greatest civilization to ever grace God’s green Earth. They then descended into a culturally relativistic mentality stating, “Who’s to say one civilization is better than another?” The next transition was a cynical, “Meh, we’re not so hot.” Then there was the full-bore hatred…
Are We Making Language “Funner” Because We’re Getting Dumber?

May 28, 2024

By Selwyn Duke “Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?!” asked (sang, actually) Professor Henry Higgins in the old play My Fair Lady. Today we could wonder likewise about our culture: Why can’t Americans teach their children how to speak — or write? One reason is that not only do few among even…

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