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A water drop and ripples

Teachers unions are the face of the arrogance of power.

By Justin Katz | September 6, 2021 |

From a GQ Pan article in the Epoch Times: The leader of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), which represents more than 30,000 employees in the nation’s second largest public school district, said in a recently published interview that learning losses during the pandemic are a myth. “There’s no such thing as learning loss,” UTLA President Cecily…

Vaccine freedom protesters

Healthcare workers are not backing down, despite media ambivalence.

By Justin Katz | September 6, 2021 |

Healthcare workers (many of whom have no doubt had COVID and are therefore immune) continue to protest Democrat Governor Dan McKee’s mandate that they get vaccinated or lose their jobs.  John DePetro has video. The contrast with mainstream media coverage is striking. DePetro’s headline is “Front line protesters takeover WaterFire.”  The only coverage I see…

Viruses on a cell

Increased obesity is one thing that could make COVID more dangerous for children.

By Justin Katz | September 4, 2021 |

People keep making the claim, so I keep looking for evidence that the Delta variant is harming children more, but every data point I’ve seen has been flawed, explainable, or not applicable.  (Sincerely, if I’m missing something, send it my way.) If we do start seeing worse outcomes for children, however, this finding from a…

A water drop and ripples

The echoes of Communist China in Western universities are a common sound.

By Justin Katz | September 4, 2021 |

This sure does sound familiar: The University of Nottingham, in central England, confirmed on Aug. 25 that it had declined to give official recognition to Fr. David Palmer, a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. “Our concern was not in relation to Fr. David’s views themselves, but the manner in which…

A series of ripples

Don’t forget to remember the Ripples.

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2021 |

So, yeah, we admit that we started the Ripple section of Anchor Rising to answer our own need to scratch an itch in this space that would otherwise benefit the oligarchs of social media, but it’s good stuff that you don’t want to miss. The thing is, it would kind of defeat the thumb-in-the-eye aesthetic if…

A water drop and ripples

Yeah… where are the clips of Americans returning home safe from Afghanistan?

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2021 |

You know, Sundance makes a good point, here: We are told by the powers that be – that approximately 6,000 to 7,000 American citizens were rescued by daring efforts of the U.S. State Department and U.S. military in evacuations from Kabul airport.  Okay, fair enough… that’s a good outcome.  Happy to hear it; we can…

A water drop and ripples

Bill Felkner’s case against Rhode Island College hits an unfortunate marker.

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2021 |

Although the case does not appear to be concluded in a final way, Superior Court Judge Susan McGuirl has dismissed a lawsuit by Bill Felkner against Rhode Island College, which he filed in 2007 after finding the social work department to be biased against him for his conservative beliefs. Just the fact that this case…

Vaccine freedom protest blocked at State House door

Another way COVID sets the stage for government restrictions of rights.

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2021 |

On Monday, Providence Journal political reporter Katherine Gregg tweeted that people protesting in favor of vaccine freedom for healthcare workers were trying to “storm” the State House.  Unfortunately, it appears that she has deleted that tweet, but this short video and a slightly longer one associated with her official report remain the only evidence that she…

A water drop and ripples

Vaccine resistant COVID variants highlight the need to secure our rights now.

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2021 |

At least, that’s my reaction upon seeing this on NewsMax: The World Health Organization says it is monitoring a new vaccine-resistant variant of COVID-19 called “mu” that appears to be rising in Colombia. Even putting aside claims, like that of Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche at the end of the article, that our mass vaccination program is…

A water drop and ripples

The U.S. Catholic Bishops can’t possibly deny the fact that Biden has excommunicated himself.

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2021 |

Seriously, at the level of clarity that Matt Hadro describes for the Catholic News Agency, any denial only compounds the scandal (see also Tim Pearce in the Daily Wire): President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a “whole-of-government” response to “ensure” abortion access in Texas, after the state’s pro-life law went into effect on Wednesday. In…