As we talk about the future, we also need to confront the past. History, with all its complexities, defines our civilization, creating both cautionary tales and forging a common identity, which is particularly critical for relatively young and highly diverse countries.
Grifters of perpetual victimhood hardest hit.
Trans activist tells kids on tiktok that puberty blockers are completely safe and reversible and just “pause” puberty.
This is the type of content kids are being fed on tiktok. pic.twitter.com/6T4FyGgIev
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 13, 2023
Four years before he vanished on a ferry in the Mediterranean, Bruno Breguet walked into a US embassy offering information on his paymaster, a Venezuelan called Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, but known the world over as Carlos the Jackal.
By the spring of 1991, the Swiss-born Breguet had risen to become a deputy leader for Sánchez in western Europe, with the Jackal in hiding in Damascus. Breguet, who was legally a resident of Ticino, Switzerland, often spent weeks at a time in the Syrian capital and was trusted by the world’s most wanted terrorist to run his operations.
The Kingdom is hardly a bastion of women’s rights
In July and August, Australia and New Zealand are hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
It could not be a better opportunity for the sport. Soccer in Australia at the professional level lags well behind Australian Rules Football and rugby league when it comes to profile and broadcast attention. And in New Zealand the round-ball game has a permanently uphill challenge to compete with the unofficial state religion, rugby. The tournament is therefore a huge deal for the two host associations — and the culmination of years of planning and hard work.
The girls defied a ban on public dancing and strict public dress codes mandating the wearing of headscarves
Iranian police are hunting for a group of girls who launched a viral Selena Gomez dance trend.
A video was posted online last week showing five young Iranian women performing a dance routine to the Afropop hit Calm Down by Rema and Selena Gomez.
The women danced without headscarves in front of tower blocks in Shahrak Ekbatan, a west Tehran housing development that has been a flashpoint of anti-government protests.
I wonder if @heisrema knows that his song #CalmDown is the backdrop of an incredibly courageous act of defiance by young Iranian women?
It started when 5 girls danced to his music in @shahrak_ekbatan– risking persecution by a regime that has murdered women for simply protesting. pic.twitter.com/V9zIbaF8og
— Nahayat Tizhoosh (@NahayatT) March 12, 2023
I always get a chuckle when I hear someone talk about “real money,” as if it is something material. Because as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank once more reveals, money is little more than an expression of faith, a collective delusion. Once people stop believing it’s there, lo and behold, it disappears.
As a former teacher, I find that transparency in education makes me a little nervous. Good! Parents carry the responsibility of raising their children, and they must be kept in the light. That is why a Parents Bill of Rights, introduced in many state legislatures and now before the U.S. House , is important.
I taught sixth graders at a charter school that served students from low-income families and created my own curriculum. We read about the Holocaust. I discussed themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. I assigned essays about Clarence Thomas. And I enforced strict rules; it took tough love to convince rowdy pre-teens that this 22-year-old was captaining the ship.
The Oscars are once again nigh, and this year’s awards attendees are getting a swag bag worth $126,000, nearly two times the yearly income of the average American — but drastically reduced in value compared to just a few years ago.
Children as young as seven might be a “mixed berry gender fluid muffin”, teachers have been told in a sex education resource promoted by the Welsh Government.
The 170-page “Agenda” pamphlet, which has been promoted to all schools in Labour-run Wales, claims that biological sex “is not just ‘male’ and ‘female’” and lectures teachers on how some “want to change our gender pronouns (eg. from he to she) or want to be ‘agender’”, where they have no gender.
PORTLAND, Ore. – On a sidewalk littered with tarps, bicycles and discarded food containers, one tent sat farther away from the rest. It was clean, with the rain fly removed, showcasing the vacant interior.
“This is an empty tent erected by activists to encourage people to live in tents,” Kevin Dahlgren said.
It’s a business worth billions but the problem is never solved.
Amid a week of raging controversy over allegations of political interference by the Chinese government in Canadian affairs, information has emerged that raises new questions about the relationship between two Quebec non-profit organizations and the Chinese state.
The RCMP announced Thursday they are investigating two more alleged Chinese “police stations” — operations located in Canada that some have claimed are being used to harass and intimidate those of Chinese descent.
Fox News host Mark Levin accused Democrats of “tolerating” anti-Semitism, criticizing Democratic leaders for remaining silent over Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s recent Saviours’ Day event late last month.
From February 24th through the 26th, the Nation of Islam held its annual conference in Chicago, the first large-scale gathering the group has held since the COVID pandemic.
During the conference, Farrakhan repeatedly castigated Jews, condemning “Jewish power” and attacking the “synagogue of Satan.”
Farrakhan is tolerated because he’s Obama Adjacent and some disapora Jews like to fantasize about the imaginary special bond forged in the civil rights era.
Memorial University president Vianne Timmons is taking a voluntary, six-week paid leave of absence and is apologizing as the university gathers Indigenous leaders to discuss the issue of her statements of Mi’kmaw heritage.
“While I have shared that I am not Mi’kmaw and I do not claim an Indigenous identity, questions about my intentions in identifying my Indigenous ancestry and whether I have benefited from sharing my understanding of my family’s history have sparked important conversations on and beyond our campus,” Timmons wrote in a statement released Monday morning.
This was an interesting approach a sort of advance plausible denial.
Amazing – it’s a whole industry out there. I had no idea it was so large.
Police are to be barred from recording non-crime hate incidents just because someone is offended, under plans announced on Monday by Suella Braverman.
The Home Secretary has endorsed new guidance that requires officers to prioritise freedom of expression over offensive, controversial or derogatory language that upsets people.
Officers will be restricted to recording only incidents that are motivated by intentional hostility and pose a real risk of escalating into significant harm.
The purpose of the military is to protect Canada. This is a key detail that seems to be lost on Defence Minister Anita Anand, who has led the Canadian Armed Forces into a “culture change” that looks more like a Marxist cultural revolution focused on identity rather than class.
This point was made obvious with the publication of the Department of National Defence’s “Anti-racism toolkit.” The toolkit contains propaganda intended to be used to instruct Canadian servicemembers about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
