I do not watch the Academy Awards. I do not like what they encourage and support. However, this year’s Awards made it into the news in a way that caught my attention. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was presented to Tyler Perry. In his acceptance speech, he made a statement that was sufficiently surprising…
Tag: 1619 Project
ALERT ALARM: WHERE WE’RE HEADED
Back in January I asked you twice to be alert—to be very, very alert. Again, I’m raising the “alert alarm.” Much is happening in our country. So much that it is hard to keep up with it. Many of us don’t even want to. It’s too depressing. So we turn our TVs to food channels…
LET’S HIT THE BOOKS
Last week I spoke about the 1619 Project compared to the 1776 Commission. I neglected to address the possibility that if you have school-age children right now, you may not be able to recognize the errors in the 1619 Project. Why? Because you are probably among those who attended public school as the revisionist versions…
HOW 1619, 1776, AND 1984 COLLIDE IN 2021
1619: My post of January 17 asked you to be terribly, terribly alert to what is being taught to our kids. I mentioned the “1619 Project.” Recent criticism of the Project, and the author’s reaction to that criticism, was discussed in The Federalist. I recommend you follow the link and read the article by Tristan…
ARE YOU TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY ALERT?
I have a book titled Furry Logic: A Guide to Life’s Little Challenges by Jane Seabrook. I picked it up as I was casually browsing in a bookstore one day and embarrassed myself by laughing out loud. Furry Logic is page after page of a variety of animals and one-sentence statements about life. Each animal…