Interesting times indeed — “must reads” for today

These are all excellent but not without a few demurrals, or adds we would impart here and there:  From The Federalist and Townhall

Research Finds Lockdowns Are Far Worse For Health And Lives Than Coronavirus 

Why aren’t the epidemiological models used to justify the lockdowns also accounting for the grave public health risks of prolonged closures?

How Our Anti-American Education System Made Riots Inevitable

Rioting social justice warriors are remaking the world as they see fit, consistent with what they’ve been taught from K-12 to the highest echelons of learning.  . . .

Left brain-left brain, left brain behind reasoning

SCOTUS’s Transgender Ruling Firebombs The Constitution

The ruling will lead to a tsunami of polarizing court cases and further degradation of Americans’ natural rights to free speech, to free association, and to worshipping God as their consciences require.   . . .

Supreme Court Validates LGBT Protections On Grounds LGBT Activists Reject

The recent SCOTUS decision seems like an LGBT victory, but not so fast. By linking the rights of gay and transgender people to sex, the left has bound itself to whatever definition ‘sex’ takes on.

The Deadly Art of Lying by Omission 

You can tell a lie by saying something patently false.  Or you can lie by omission, which can be just as dishonest.

“Fatal police shootings impervious to protests,” said the Washington Post front page headline last Tuesday. “Nearly 1,000 killed every year despite nationwide push for justice reform.”

The article feeds the narrative of excessive, racially motivated police violence by omitting a crucial factor:  the incidence of crime. It leaves the impression that police routinely shoot people, especially blacks, for no apparent reason.

There is one outburst of candor, buried inside: “The overwhelming majority of people killed are armed. Nearly half of all people fatally shot by police are white. Most of these shootings draw little or no attention beyond a news story.”  No kidding.    . . . .

Two Supreme Court Justices Shred Their Counterparts for Failing to Protect the Second Amendment 

“The text of the Second Amendment protects ‘the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.’ We have stated that this ‘fundamental righ[t]’ is ‘necessary to our system of ordered liberty.’ Yet, in several jurisdictions throughout the country, law-abiding citizens have been barred from exercising the fundamental right to bear arms because they cannot show that they have a ‘justifiable need’ or ‘good reason’ for doing so,” Thomas wrote.

“One would think that such an onerous burden on a fundamental right would warrant this Court’s review. This Court would almost certainly review the constitutionality of a law requiring citizens to establish a justifiable need before exercising their free speech rights,” he wrote. “And it seems highly unlikely that the Court would allow a State to enforce a law requiring a woman to provide a justifiable need before seeking an abortion. But today, faced with a petition challenging just such a restriction on citizens’ Second Amendment rights, the Court simply looks the other way.”

How To Get Your High Schooler A College Degree At No Or Low Cost

With dual enrollment, high schoolers can be introduced to college-level material to fulfill course expectations while living at home and with a class load paced to that student’s ability.

V’PAC —

Most liberal arts curricula could be “delivered” and at much cost savings via the Internet. College costs could be much reduced if only essential ‘in person and lab related , practicums, etc were the focus. Community colleges are underfunded, the university concept should be much altered.

 

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