Stop the fearmongering over eliminating the Department of Education

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February 17, 2025

Stop the fearmongering over eliminating the Department of Education

As Linda McMahon stepped into the ring for her confirmation hearing as secretary of Education on Thursday, panic spread over the idea that she might deliver the final smackdown to the agency. Having worked as an education policy analyst and reporter, and experienced the American education system as a student and aide to teachers, I’ve seen […]

Transparency will help keep America healthy

Federal government health institutions are not perfect. Given the track record of the last several years, Americans have good reason to demand more transparency. But we should be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. In today’s polarized climate, anti-vaccine sentiment threatens to unravel decades of public health progress. Although the science […]

ACLU steps up the Left’s war on biological reality

The progressive Left’s war on biological reality continues, and frankly, it’s getting kind of weird. A transgender TikTok influencer named Zaya Perysian just announced a partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union to sue the Trump administration after it changed rules around passports and other government documents, no longer allowing people to change their listed […]

The virtue signaling myth of ‘green’ energy

What’s green about Congolese children mining in Africa for rare earth minerals? What’s green about China’s coal-fired factories churning out solar panels? What’s green about wind turbines that scar landscapes, slaughter birds, and rely even more on critical minerals from China? The answer is simple: nothing. President Donald Trump’s reentry into the White House will unlock affordable and reliable energy avenues, all while bulldozing the previous administration’s faulty […]

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