by Benjamin Carter Hett On Nov. 2, J.D. Vance, author of the bestselling “Hillbilly Elegy” and now candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio, gave a keynote speech at the […]
Tag: critical race theory
America’s nightmare: Ascendant ignorance and raw intolerance
This is a column about nightmares. On Jan. 28, 1856, Margaret Garner slit the throat of her 2-year-old daughter, killing her. Slave catchers had closed in on the Cincinnati safe […]
A Pa. mom and the GOP’s scheme to rock the vote
by Will Bunch For many years, school board elections in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania’s most affluent suburb, have been genteel, predictable affairs. Republican challengers would raise a fuss about high […]
Opposing perspectives on the Holocaust?
by LZ Granderson Can you think of an opposing view on the Holocaust that isn’t antisemitic? Evidently, a school administrator in Texas seems to think so. Gina Peddy, the executive director […]
Elites and their elitism
“They said you were high class, but that was just a lie.” — Elvis Presley, “Hound Dog” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain brought criticism on himself last week […]
No CRT in W.Va., so why is GOP banning history?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial continues from the editorial “Do lawmakers understand what they are banning?” published yesterday,Sept. 23. America is not as innocent and pure as the driven snow. It […]
Do lawmakers understand what they are banning?
Lawmakers should have to prove they understand the subject about which they are trying to pass legislation before that legislation can be enacted. If that were the case, virtually all […]
Legislative Education Committee explores critical race theory and its potential presence in schools
MORGANTOWN – Legislators visited the controversial topic of critical race theory on Tuesday, with three presenters giving the joint Education Committee an overview of the topic and whether it’s present […]
Stop worrying CRT will corrupt kids
by Virginia Heffernan In 1925, John W. Butler, a legislator in Tennessee, told reporters that years earlier he’d “read in the papers that boys and girls were coming home from […]
Let’s talk about the things they will not learn
Let’s talk about the things they will not learn. “They” meaning K-12 students in Tennessee. Not that the Volunteer State is alone in passing laws and standards to restrict the […]





