As we have seen in the last blog, we become like the God or gods that we worship. To say it another way, culture follows “cult” or worship, and culture is upstream from social, economic, and political policies and institutions. In addition, we have seen that we live in a
It’s going to take more than a ban on critical race theory to make Virginia schools great again. On Election Day, political newcomer Glenn Youngkin upset Terry McAuliffe to be elected governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, which a year ago voted for President Biden by ten points. McAuliffe enjoyed
Everyday, behaviors and customs that seem normal in a given culture are rooted in belief systems. When these behaviors are harmful, much effort may be spent to eradicate the behavior without addressing what is driving that behavior. Abortion, for example, considered normal by many people in the West, is the
This post by our good friend Robert Osburn originally appeared at The Wilberforce International Institute under the title “Stop Destroying Our Brethren: End the Sexual Revolution.” ~ It’s time for someone to tell our myopic woke, social justice-advocating friends that racism, past and present, did not destroy and devastate many
In August 1963, in the heat of the civil-rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. courageously and famously gave his “I Have A Dream” speech. I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a
In considering the problem of racism in America we would do well to study our history. Three Black men, brilliant and articulate contemporaries whose lives spanned the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s, were great leaders in America: W.E.B. Dubois (1868-1963), Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), and George Washington Carver (1864-1943).
The United States is being torn apart by charges of racism. You cannot surf the internet, watch the news, listen to the radio, or read a newspaper without encountering claims of racism. But the definition of racism has changed and today, it’s highly emotive and politicized. We used to think
In part 1, Scott Allen wrote that today’s ideological social justice sweeping the West is a dangerous worldview rooted in atheistic philosophy. It diminishes the reality of human beings as unique individuals, takes aim at the family and is anti-American. In part 2, Scott gives six more important observations about
In recent years, a powerful ideology has swept out of our universities and into the broader culture with incredible speed and force. Today, it is the dominant worldview, not only of our systems of education, but of much of our elite, professional culture as well, including big business, big tech,
The new math, deriving from Critical Race Theory, is no idle matter, but an insidious attempt that will impair children and destroy nations. It’s time to say no. To deny reason and reality is nonsense. Stanford University Economist and Social Theorist Thomas Sowell speaks very clearly. Ours may become the
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