Opinion
Opinion
How about ‘American Pride Month’ in July? It’d be a great discussion starter, and your beleaguered country sorely needs the love

I suddenly stopped eating to scan the dining room. I saw seemingly every make and model of human being enjoying Kansas City barbecue and each other – many in racially… Read More

July 3, 2023
Opinion
Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling protecting a Christian web designer from government-imposed speech is crucial – but also alarming

Once again the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a landmark First Amendment ruling, protecting a Christian web designer from being forced to create sites that violate her religious views. It’s… Read More

June 30, 2023
Opinion
Op-ed: We’re here, we’re queer, and we make excuses for pedophilia  

“We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children.” That’s what radical LGBT activists chanted at a New York City Drag March on June 23. The video stirred controversy, but… Read More

June 30, 2023
Opinion
Republicans gut Biden’s trans extremism in woke-crushing military bill

(The Daily Signal) – Most veterans are horrified the words even have to be uttered, but apparently, nothing’s off limits under President Joe Biden’s radical excuse for Pentagon leadership. “DRAG… Read More

June 29, 2023
Opinion
Attempt to quantify impact, value of DEI at state department is an epic fail

(The Daily Signal) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on June 6 informed us that former Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, his department’s first-ever chief diversity and inclusion officer, was leaving the post.Blinken… Read More

June 27, 2023
Opinion
America’s most unashamedly biased union endorses Biden-Harris for 2024

American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teachers’ union in the nation, officially endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election. “President Joe Biden and Vice President… Read More

June 21, 2023
Opinion
Indoctrination nation: Missouri has moved to protect the youngest of children from age-inappropriate library books. Why won’t Kansas?

Missouri has taken steps to protect its children from libidinous library books. Kansas obviously hasn’t. Why in the world not? Last week The Lion found a talking children’s book in… Read More

June 20, 2023
Opinion
Op-ed: How the teachers’ union broke public education

(Tablet) – On May 17, the Oakland, California, teachers’ union ended a two-week strike—the union’s third strike in five years. The district offered a substantial salary increase for teachers before the… Read More

June 20, 2023
Opinion
Religious groups, cultural conservatives stand on same side of culture war

Politics may make for strange bedfellows, but culture wars marry them. In the clash between traditional values and radical gender ideology, Christians, Muslims and other culturally conservative groups share many… Read More

June 19, 2023
Opinion
Kansas ed officials deceive school districts on efficiency and achievement

(The Sentinel) – Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades.  That puts Johnnie in the 95th percentile relative to… Read More

June 16, 2023
Opinion
Wisconsin med school fully embrace DEI

(Do No Harm) – The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (UWMSMPH) scores in the green on the Diversity, Inclusion, Culture, and Equity (DICE) Inventory, as it just… Read More

June 15, 2023
Opinion
Med school and association all in on DEI with ‘socially accountable admissions’

(Do No Harm) – The University of California, Davis medical school gets top marks from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for its commitment to diversity, equity,… Read More

June 14, 2023
Opinion
I’m a mother. What is so hateful about parents fighting for children in schools?

The liberal Southern Poverty Law Center recently added several parental rights organizations to its “hate group” list, including Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education. But… Read More

June 14, 2023
Opinion
‘Eat or be eaten’: Academe’s cancel culture law of the jungle

(The Daily Signal) – In the savagery of the jungle, the rule is “Eat or be eaten.” It seems that law of the jungle has made its way to college… Read More

June 12, 2023
Opinion
Public Schools: Busily answering questions no one is asking

The survey responses of roughly 2,000 parents and staff of Omaha Public Schools distressingly reveals a problem plaguing the nation: people really don’t understand the purpose of public schools. The… Read More

June 12, 2023
Opinion
Why special education needs school choice

Public education is often touted for providing a universal education. But recent reports reveal public schools often neglect to adequately provide for their special education students. A report from Advocates… Read More

June 9, 2023
Opinion
There’s no ‘XY’ in female sports

(The Daily Signal) – I was part of the last generation of female-only athletes in women’s sports.   Discomfort changing in the locker room, missing out on competition… Read More

June 8, 2023
Opinion
5 things I saw at DC Library’s Children’s Pride Parade

(The Daily Signal) – The Children’s Pride Parade held on a sunny Saturday by the D.C. Public Library drew fewer than 100 parents, children, and other adults in… Read More

June 6, 2023
Opinion
Associated Press: media should ignore biological science when covering transgender issues

The Associated Press released its latest style guidance for journalists, effectively denying the existence of biological sex and forbidding journalists to write otherwise. In fact, it recommends not using the… Read More

June 6, 2023
Opinion
Op-ed: Conservatives, it’s time to even the electoral technology playing field

The old aphorism, “good for the goose, good for the gander,” is yet another casualty of America’s new woke sensibilities. Along with the concepts of objective truth and fairness, equal… Read More

June 5, 2023