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We previously looked at the effect of the left’s ability to escalate politics from the halls of legislatures to the politics of the streets. We’ve considered how the right’s interest in protests, boycotts, and other political action has…

A Maine mom is suing her local school board for keeping her 13-year-old daughter’s “gender transition” a secret. According to the lawsuit, Amber Lavigne found a chest binder — an undergarment used to flatten breasts so as to appear male —…

A New Mexico School Boards Association instructor sees no role for parents in guiding their children’s public school education. On Tuesday, the parental rights group “Freedom Families United” published audio tape of a New Mexican school…

Speaking of the liberals and social democrats of his time, the communist dictator Vladimir Lenin was said to have coined the term “useful idiot.” The etymology of the term is, at best, apocryphal. However it is a very potent phrase for…

As if the learning losses suffered due to Covid lockdowns over the last several years didn’t harm children enough, left-wing elites have another “solution” in search of a problem: eliminating honors classes. The Wall Street Journal recently…

What is it that makes a little boy — practically straight out of the womb — take an interest in weapons and emulate gun-toting, swash-buckling heroes? Even doctors aren’t sure. As one pediatrician told me about my then 16-month-old son who…

A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed a serious spike in depression among teenage girls. More than half (57 percent) report feeling “persistently sad or hopeless,” and nearly 1 in 3 (30 percent) has…

Forget “America First” for a moment. Put MAGA aside. Any effort to restore American greatness without putting the children first will fail. If there was any doubt that kids suffer when their own needs are subjugated to the fears and desires…

Leftist policymakers in Connecticut are placing metaphorical “Parents Not Welcome” signs on our state’s classroom doors by allowing teachers to avoid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about their communications with students. Since…

Chaos in Washington, madness at the airport, holiday hangovers: The first month of 2023 was familiar enough. What might seem less familiar to Americans, however, are the cracks appearing in our walls. Sure, Americans have long felt a…