Independence Day, July 4th, is a day to celebrate what a determined and united people can do. I had written a post about how various entities are working overtime to divide us. They are relying on the rest of that headline phrase, “United We Stand,” to tear this wonderful country apart. “Divided We Fall.” I…
Tag: History
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
I remember a few words of an old song, “The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.” The brightest stars in Texas right now are the legislature and Governor Abbott for signing into law the bill regarding what is to be taught in Dallas public school history classes. Governor…
1776 COMMISSION REPORT
March 12, 2021 I wasn’t imagining the disappearance of the 1776 Commission and its Report. Breitbart.com ran an article titled, “Biden Admin Deletes ‘1776 Commission’ from White House Website Immediately After Inauguration.” The lead sentence read, “The 1776 Commission was removed from the White House website about an hour after President Joe Biden was sworn…
CANCEL CULTURE MUST BE CANCELLED
March 6, 2021 They caved! The March 2, 2021 edition of the New York Post carried an article about the demonization of six books written by Dr. Seuss. It reported, “The family of author Theodor Seuss Geisel told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the decision to pull the books from publication followed a lengthy…
RELEGATED TO THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY?
February 26, 2021 Do your kids think of history as some dusty, fusty, irrelevant stories that have no connection with their lives? Maybe you feel like that, too. It’s a feeling that has been promulgated in schools, most particularly public schools, for a number of years now. When I was in the lower grades I…
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…