The works of children’s author, Roald Dahl, have been given a little contemporary tune-upby Puffin Publishing House. Dahl wrote many well-loved children’s books, such as “Matilda”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and “James and the Giant Peach”. “Sensitivity readers” were tasked with removing anything that might upset…well, anyone. Characters are described as “enormous” rather than fat and Willy Wonka’s… Read More Sensitive readers
“When Jesus calls a man, He bids him, ‘Come, and die.’” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Two Kingdoms have a conundrum: a simultaneous, single Now. God wields two swords. But there is only one city. What this means is that while Christians may freely decide for themselves when is the time to flee and when is… Read More Wide Closed
The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio continues to be a political football. Or at the very least, a sad adventure in missing the point. Transport Secretary, Pete Buttigieg finally made a visit to the town, saying he was sorry for not being there earlier. He told the rail company responsible that they needed to foot the bill for clean up.… Read More Blowing smoke
It turns out that trains derail more often than you hear about, but golly! There seem to be a lot lately! The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, has a lot of folks worried for a number of reasons. While no one died in the accident on February 3rd, the train was transporting a variety… Read More Ohio
(Part 18 in the multipart series “Where We Stand“) “The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.” – from The New Left Notes, c.1960s Issue framing is not a tactic, but a principle of secular religion. Rule by sheer power inevitably demands on its altar the sacrifice of civilized reason. “Ignore the evidence,” the party… Read More Trust Not
Disinformation and misinformation…the dreaded evil twins who populated our news feeds throughout the pandemic. The President himself warned that these two rascals were killing people as they strafed across the peaceful plains of social media platforms. People can’t be allowed to just say whatever they want! The horror! As the Twitter Files have repeatedly shown, government, tech companies, and… Read More Dis and Mis
We likely all know of the notorious Drag Queen Story Time held by libraries everywhere. Did you know that now American libraries are also hosting gender-affirming dress-up closets, where children can “explore identities”? Just try it on, I think it’ll suit you. Are we willing to call this out as grooming? What is passed off as compassion… Read More Not in my backyard
Our readers will be aware that schools are complicit in pushing children into the transgendering pipeline, saturating curriculum with propaganda, and hiding their actions from families. But Alvin Lui from Courage is a Habit warns that school counselors are also playing an outside role in creating an “affirming” culture in schools, especially by redefining two terms: safe and abuse.… Read More We’ll take it from here
Transgenerational epigenetics: A new mouse study suggests that what parents eat, drink and breathe may affect health outcomes for several generations. To caffeine… Coffee doesn’t give you energy, but rather borrows it by staving out the drowsy feelings. Which explains the 3:30pm payback. One reporter decided to follow Nancy Pelosi’s diet for a week. According to Insider, the former Speaker eats like… Read More Half-life diet
The success of Open AI’s ChatGPT app has other tech companies rushing to launch their own machine-learning bots. Google may have stepped on a rake though, with their Bard search tool being pulled for making a factual error. The little mistake wiped almost $100BN off the company’s market value. Ouch. Meanwhile, a ChatGPT output has gone viral after choosing global destruction over racist speech. A journalist asked… Read More A little bot goes a long way
