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^{Debra J. Saunders
January 8, 2022
Citizen Leadership

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Chicago Teachers Are Teacher’s Pets

_{Debra J. Saunders
January 8, 2022
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Tuesday, 73 percent of Chicago teachers voted to compel their school district to ditch classroom instruction in favor of remote learning because of COVID-19. Read More ›

Covid 19 vaccination record card and personal facemask on US Army military uniform

^{Jay W. Richards
January 3, 2022
Human Exceptionalism

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U.S. Military Uses Religious Test Against Service Members To Enforce Vaccine Mandate

_{Jay W. Richards
January 3, 2022
Human Exceptionalism

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Members of our military pledge their loyalty to the Constitution. Its First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. So, it would be perverse to force men and women in uniform to abandon their deeply held religious beliefs to serve their country. Read More ›

Inside view on passenger and cabin crew people on an airline airplane during flight vacation. Transportation tourism aviation concept

^{Debra J. Saunders
January 1, 2022
Citizen Leadership

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Meltdowns on a Plane

_{Debra J. Saunders
January 1, 2022
Citizen Leadership

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Even if you haven’t seen this particular video posted by ATL Uncensored, you’ve seen many like it — a plane, an argument, a viral cellphone video of yet another in-flight confrontation. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 21, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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UN Secretary General Betrays Human Rights by Attending Beijing Olympics

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 21, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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China is the world’s most vicious tyranny. But for all its wrongdoing, the country faces virtually no accountability. To the contrary, China is treated as a respected member of the international community, even granted the honor of hosting the Winter Olympics, which start on Feb. 4. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 13, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Dr. J. Benjamin Hurlbut on science, restoring public trust, and transcending ideology

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 13, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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There was a time when the fields of “science” and “public health” were not controversial. There were good reasons for that widespread public trust. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Fauci’s Claim to ‘Represent Science’ is Anti-Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Just when you thought Dr. Anthony Fauci couldn’t do any more harm in the fight against COVID: He just appeared on CBS’s Sunday interview program Face the Nation and ridiculously claimed that criticizing him presents “a distinct anti-science flavor because I represent science.” Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2021
Education

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Misguided Mandate Will Cost Washington State

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 2, 2021
Education

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Get vaccinated or get fired. This was the ultimatum issued by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee in August that took effect on October 18, impacting thousands of the state’s public servants and community heroes — doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, schoolteachers, and beyond. Read More ›

Vaccination passport on a mobile phone allowing movement and travel - Vaccination against the coronavirus Covid 19 - Imunity passport - Health passport

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Vaccine Mandates are an Exploding Cigar

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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In short, treat us like free Americans. Not only will that promote comity, but I believe it would also make skeptics more likely to accept the shot. And here’s a big bonus: No national exploding cigar. Read More ›

Change of job, unemployment, resigned concept.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education

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It’s Not Only Students Taking Flight from Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 12, 2021
Education

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Over one and a half million students fled public K-12 schools this fall. The sharp decline in student enrollment has not been the only blow to public schools. Employee shortages in schools abound in all 50 states. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 9, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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A Mandate Martyr

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 9, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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The more I observe the establishment’s moral panic over COVID vaccines, the greater my belief that mandates are less about establishing beneficial public health policy and more about enabling an emerging technocracy to assume authoritarian control. Read More ›

^{John G. West
October 8, 2021
Faith & Science

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NIH Director Francis Collins Isn’t A National Treasure, He’s A National Disgrace

_{John G. West
October 8, 2021
Faith & Science

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For more than 12 years, Collins served his purpose at NIH by providing cover for the secularists to do what they wanted to do anyway. That’s not something to celebrate. It’s something to grieve. Read More ›

Francis Collins at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health Laboratory — President Joe Biden tours the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health Laboratory Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Maryland. From left, Deputy Director of the NIH NIAAID Vaccine Research Center Dr. Barney Graham, Chief Medical Adviser to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, and Senior Research Fellow and Coronavirus Team Lead at the NIAIC Vaccine Research Center Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett.

^{John G. West
September 29, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Francis Collins’ Rhetoric About the Unvaccinated is Anything but Christian

_{John G. West
September 29, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Francis Collins is Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also is the most well-known evangelical Christian in the federal science establishment. But his recent rhetoric is anything but Christian. Read More ›