Think Tank host Ben Wattenberg converses one-on-one with author Thomas Sowell about his (then) new book, The Vision of the Anointed, which argues that the assumptions and beliefs of America’s liberal elite have created thirty years of disaster. This book can be seen as a precursor to Intellectuals and Society. In his book, Sowell states:…
By Matthew Wang, November 15, 2019, The Chronicle Animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ranked Duke among the worst schools in the country for animal testing, but Duke professors and students argued that the University meets ethical standards for research. PETA’s new “Failed Tests” feature rates colleges and universities as “bad,”…
New York City’s public schools announced last Thursday that they will excuse students who attend so-called climate strike events that will take place throughout the city this Friday. According to the Daily Caller the protests are being encouraged by the far-Left group Action Network and they will take place September 20th until the 27th. This…
Parents skeptical or opposed to vaccinating their children are turning to homeschooling to avoid vaccinating their children. During the first week in July, The Wall Street Journal reports, parents attended workshops hosted by the anti-vaccine organization New York Alliance for Vaccine Rights. The events covered course requirements, instruction plans, extracurricular activity options, and potential financial…
In recent years the political Left has made even more of a concerted effort to degrade, denigrate, and even delete or rewrite American history. This also includes teaching students that America’s Founding Fathers were racists, sexists, etc. More recently, during this past Monday, the city council of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia hometown, Charlottesville, passed an ordinance…
On this day, 243 years ago, the United States declared independence from the British Empire. During 2003, Norman Lear and Rob Reiner produced a video made up of eight eight Oscar winners: Morgan Freeman, Benicio del Toro, Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Spacey, Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas and Renee Zellweger along with three Oscar-nominated actors…
By MELODY GUTIERREZ JUN 04, 2019 | Los Angeles Times Gov. Gavin Newsom thrust himself into a debate over one of California’s most controversial legislative proposals by suggesting he did not agree with a bill to tighten vaccine exemptions because it would create an immunization bureaucracy. Opponents of the bill immediately latched onto Newsom’s comments,…
