Teachers' unions strike for various reasons. Sometimes, it is a matter of endangering parents' livelihoods, jeopardizing children's futures, and altogether holding local authorities to ransom in order to gain leverage at the bargaining table when discussing compensation and perks. Other times, it's a matter applying similar pressure in order to advance a costly political agenda that might not otherwise gain traction if pursued via transparent democratic processes free of coercion. Teachers'...
When Passover began Monday evening at Columbia University, Jewish student Parker De Dekér like many others had already departed the New York City campus for his own safety. De Dekér — a first-year student at the Ivy League school — is from Wisconsin and told Blaze News a major reason why he chose Columbia was for the opportunity to study while living among a good deal more Jewish people than he's encountered in his home state. He said he was becoming more "religiously observant" — and a...
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Hollywood is known to be a liberal enclave, but there are a handful of movies that have hidden or secret conservative messages. While not always obvious, some Hollywood movies have elements or themes that align with conservative values or perspectives.'The Chronicles of Narnia'C.S. Lewis drifted into atheism during his youth but later returned to Christianity to write "The Chronicles of Narnia" series, thanks in part to his friendship with fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien. The books present a direct...
Celebrities typically are afraid to speak out against progressive ideologies since they subscribe to the ideals of the woke Hollywood echo chamber or because they fear repercussions for going against the liberal herd. However, there are a handful of times when entertainers not only spoke against woke culture, but they also won because of it. Joe Rogan Carmen Mandato/Getty ImagesJoe Rogan has declared himself to be a "bleeding heart liberal" on several topics....
You might be surprised to learn which digital entities are accused of facilitating, enabling, and even profiting from sexual abuse and exploitation online. Last month, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list, a campaign bringing attention to entities and companies it believes are complicit in sexual exploitation. This year’s list includes the following entities and the NCOSE's reasoning for including them: Apple: "This Big Tech titan refuses...
Guy Ritchie’s most recent film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, was met with mixed reviews, but I had a blast watching the movie! I thought it was great and...
Students sitting for the STAAR exam throughout the state of Texas will have their written answers automatically graded by artificial intelligence. The development comes as some fear AI could significantly affect education in the near future. The exam — provided by the Texas Education Agency — will use an "automated scoring engine" to help grade open-ended questions on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness for writing, reading, science, and social studies. The move is a step...
Comedian Michael Ridley says that the version of normal the entertainment industry desires is one that prioritizes sex and capitalizes on a short attention span. The stand-up comic is now far removed from where he grew up in Virginia, and once he was able to escape the COVID-19 lockdowns, he made his way to Texas to flourish in the ever-growing Austin comedy scene. In just a few years, he has shifted from being politically neutral to questioning the direction and motives of media and...
Lying on the bed, his eyes covered with a sleep mask, his hands bound with cable ties, Nicholas Billingham never stood a chance.
A Slidell teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student and buying students alcohol has been arrested.
Fox News legal analyst Andy McCarthy told host Howard Kurtz that he found legal developments in Donald Trump's hush money trial "very disturbing" for the former president. On the Fox News Media Buzz program Sunday, Kurtz asked McCarthy about defense attorney Emil Bove's strategy of cross-examining former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker in the Manhattan trial. Pecker testified that he ran a so-called "catch-and-kill" scheme to scuttle negative stories about Trump. "In the hush...