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"[The] nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force. International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation state." The question was: how could nation states be eradicated? And one of those answers is: open borders, unlimited immigration. Change the face of nations. Wipe out all local traditions. Radically alter demographics. Make separate nations an extinct concept. Of course, a cover story was necessary. It was, and is, humanitarian share-and-care. "We must let everybody in and...

A screenshot of former President Barack Obama blatantly leering at a youngish female's buttocks is one of the visual aids in the Vatican Sex Ed program titled "The Meeting Point: Project for Affective and Sexual Formation." Released last July, 2016, in Rome at the World Youth Day celebration, the lesson plans and details of this rather unusual approach to a religion's sex education for teens have drawn outrage and even a petition for removal. Deemed inappropriate and vulgar, this controversial effort on the part of the Vatican seems to have fallen on a code of silence as the American Life...

American college campuses are becoming more and more like the old communist states where people enjoyed freedom of speech—but only so long as they didn’t question some aspect of the official orthodoxy. Any such “deviationism” was apt to land them in severe trouble with the authorities, who encouraged loyal citizens to report it. (Alexander Solzhenitsyn recounted many cases of that in The Gulag Archipelago.) Duke University Divinity School professor Paul Griffiths is the latest faculty member to fall victim to the taboo against speaking out against “progressive” beliefs. His thoughtcrime: daring to say that a “racial equity” seminar would be...

President Trump is trying to focus this week on one thing: Jobs, jobs and more jobs. The White House is dubbing it "workforce development week" and has filled the president's schedule with workplace visits, speeches and roundtable discussions on the subject. The aim is to present a fix to a big U.S. problem: job skills. What's clear: Trump wants to make a big commitment to expand apprenticeship programs. What's unclear: How his budget will pay for it and whether apprenticeships alone can fix the country's massive job skills gap. Trump's budget proposal allocates $90 million for grants to apprenticeships, but...

" ... The national smoking rate has fallen to historic lows, with just 15 percent of adults still smoking. But the socioeconomic gap has never been bigger. ..." "... Among the nation’s less-educated people — those with a high-school-equivalency diploma — the smoking rate remains more than 40 percent ..."

The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times Eastern Daylight Time): 5:30 p.m. President Donald Trump says he wants every high school in America to offer apprenticeship programs. Trump also says at a round table conversation at Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin that he loves the "name Apprentice" — a reference to the reality television show he used to host.....

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As first-time parents to a kindergartner, my wife and I recalled images from our own early experiences. Letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and lots of play. We lived in a good school district and had high expectations that our son would find his first school experience enriching, encouraging and nurturing—just as we remembered it. We could not have been more wrong. What we found were great teachers, shiny new facilities and good-hearted administration—yet they were all hamstrung by the prescribed implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). My wife and I volunteered time to help in the classroom and we...

Some alleged students at Evergreen State College are accusing Bret Weinstein of using his Jewish background to “invalidate the claims of racism being raised against him.” Several weeks ago, Weinstein emailed students and faculty at Evergreen State to object to white members of the school being asked to leave campus for a day. The email sparked outrage, protests, and property damage. The college even had to close over a threat of violence. "[He] has highlighted some of the ways that liberal racism functions." Tweet This The letter, signed by “Some Jewish students at Evergreen bent on the destruction of white...

High school shooting teams are increasing. They were common in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Increasing government and media hostility to private gun ownership caused a huge decrease in the teams from 1968 through 2000. Now the numbers are growing. A Wisconsin representative is suggesting that Wisconsin develop a high school class on gun handling and gun safety.  A Wisconsin writer commented on the bill. From mediatrackers.org: State Representative Ken Skowronski (R-Franklin) introduced a bill Thursday that would have the Department of Public Instruction develop a firearm course for Wisconsin High school students. In an era of gun-free school...

The opportunity to go to college for free is more available than ever before. States and cities, in the last year especially, have funded programs for students to go to two-year, and in some cases, four-year, schools. Tennessee has taken the idea one step further. Community college is already free for graduating high school students. Now Tennessee is first state in the country to offer community college — free of charge — to almost any adult. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has long preached the importance of getting adults back to school. He says it's the only way that more than...

Guess what everyone, Youtube which has one of the most stringent censorship policies that would make Big Brother envious, the same Youtube owned by google that makes it illegal to criticize Mohammed, the Koran and cracks down on critics of communism, abortion, homosexuality ETC. will allow a Muslim Cleric to preach hatred on its channel. Ahmad Musad Jibril is an American born Cleric who lives in Dearborn Michigan and is a teacher of Islamic doctrine and Sharia law. He actually has a degree in Sharia from a mandrasa in the Middle East by the way. His channel is popular among...

RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA! Comey, Comey, Comey! I am so sick of this fricking excrement that I cannot even watch the godless news. Not even Rachel, with her $21,000,000 (million) performance fee. Simply: I agree with Doc Savage; fricking Comey should be indicted for his leaks which are apparent borderline treason. What's the penalty? Is it death?

A U.C. Berkeley Student who was pepper-sprayed when protesters violently rioted and shut down the Milo Yiannopoulos speech in February is suing the university, its campus police and several other entities for obstructing her First Amendment rights, among other claims. Kiara Robles was pepper-sprayed in the face by a protester who snuck up behind her while she was finishing an interview with a local news outlet about the protest and her support for Milo. She is now leveling a litany of charges against U.C. Berkeley, the school’s police department, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, President Janet Napolitano and Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin....

Apathetic Voters of Ontario: First the Liberals sold you out. Now they’re selling out your children Parents who don’t subscribe to Gender Ideology can have their children taken away from them was on the last day before Ontario’s legislature, Queen’s Park passed the totalitarian bill allowing government to remove kids from Christian homes. But the news of Bill 89 and how it came to be is even worse than that.

For the first time in more than 50 years, the White House is expecting a boy. Following many years of "white house daughters," Barron Trump will be the first son to call the White House home since John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1963. While Barron's father, President Donald Trump, moved into the White House on inauguration day, Melania stayed behind in New York so that Barron could finish out his school year. Now that the First Lady and her son are ready to make their move into the presidential living quarters, here's a look at what Barron Trump's new life...

The obliteration of Evergreen College started with the students protesting Bret Weinstein, the progressive biology professor whose refusal to leave campus to have his white privilege checked at the door for the school’s annual day of segregation earned him the label of “racist” and police notification that he was not safe on campus. Since then, more videos have surfaced providing an up-close and personal look at the absence of basic human civility at Evergreen College and the unabashed erosion plaguing the school. That brings us to Naima Lowe. She teaches video and performance art at the college and describes herself...

Operation Food Search is launching an expanded summer program this week, providing free meals to children under the age of 18 who would normally eat breakfast and lunch at school. Some of the meals will come from food truck-like vans. Starting Monday and continuing through Aug. 11, program leaders plan to distribute more than 100,000 meals to hungry children in St. Louis and St. Louis County, exceeding last year’s record. The summer program, now in its sixth year, has grown from providing 5,000 meals in 2012, Executive Director Sunny Schaefer said....

Among the Islamists and supporters of Sharia law, there is one individual in particular who has been capable of making money by misrepresenting himself and his credentials: the tireless self-promoter, Reza Aslan. After 9/11, Reza Aslan found the environment ripe in the United States to make profits by exaggerating and fabricating his qualifications. First of all, Reza Aslan has continuously presented himself as a professor of religion. This is done in an attempt to sell his few books, which lack academic and credible references. In one of his recent interviews, Aslan claims, “I am a scholar of religions with four...

Hunter College will offer students an “Abolition of Whiteness” course this fall to discuss how “white supremacy and violence” influence individual identity. The course fulfills one of four graduation requirements in political science, and its instructor has requested that it be added to the list of courses that satisfy a diversity requirement. Hunter College will offer students an “Abolition of Whiteness” course this fall to discuss how “white supremacy and violence” influence individual identity. The course, taught by Women and Gender Studies Professor Jennifer Gaboury, is cross-listed for both her department and the Political Science Department, where it fulfills one...