#NYC kids need real books, not woke BS

#NYC kids need real books, not woke BS

“NYC kids need real books, not woke BS” Anastasia Higginbotham, a white Brooklynite children’s book author, knows what New York City kids need to learn. Not math or English or science. Nope: They need lessons on racism. And queerness. And liberation.  All are themes in her “What You Don’t Know” — a book that has…

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#New Yorkers need results on crime

#New Yorkers need results on crime

“New Yorkers need results on crime” Not good news for Mayor Eric Adams: New data show New Yorkers are still fleeing to Florida despite the reopening of schools and restaurants and the lifting of COVID restrictions. An analysis of Florida Department of Highway Safety data shows a 12% increase in the number of New Yorkers…

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#Princeton joins woke rush to purge dissent from US academia

#Princeton joins woke rush to purge dissent from US academia

“Princeton joins woke rush to purge dissent from US academia” Eminent linguist Joshua Katz was fired Monday by his longtime employer Princeton University in what seems (despite the university’s denials) to be a straightforward act of political retaliation.  His offense? Questioning woke orthodoxy.  Katz, long a beloved professor, had the temerity to write an article…

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#VP Kamala Harris has abandoned ‘border czar’ role

#VP Kamala Harris has abandoned ‘border czar’ role

“VP Kamala Harris has abandoned ‘border czar’ role” Vice President Kamala Harris is supposedly the White House point on the border surge, but the issue has vanished from her schedule, the Los Angeles Times reports; she hasn’t hosted an immigration event in nine months. This, though April saw a record 234,088 migrants apprehended at the…

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#Biden’s formula stunt, not solution, other commentary

#Biden’s formula stunt, not solution, other commentary

“Biden’s formula stunt, not solution, other commentary” Libertarian: Joe’s Formula Stunt, Not Solution The baby-formula shortage “is a crisis created, in significant part, by the failures of government policy aimed at protecting domestic companies from foreign competition,” argues Reason’s Eric Boehm. Biden’s solution: Airlifting formula from Europe. Yet the shortage “isn’t the result of there…

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#NY Regents on a slow march to zero graduation standards

#NY Regents on a slow march to zero graduation standards

“NY Regents on a slow march to zero graduation standards” Once again, the state Board of Regents is using the pandemic as an excuse for lowering high-school graduation requirements: letting students more easily appeal failing scores on Regents exams through the end of this school year.  Seniors must score a 65 or higher to pass…

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