Peel School District — located in Ontario, Canada, and bordering Toronto — is reportedly weeding books from its libraries with publication dates prior to 2008. The district’s school board has yet to respond specifically to parents’ and Ontario officials’ questions,…
A beggar’s book outworths a noble’s blood. —Henry VIII, Act I, Scene I Above the piano in our living room hangs a painting by the French neo-impressionist Jan Bonal. It is a pointillist Parisian street scene, executed much in the…
When most college graduates toss their caps, they have no idea what they want to do with their life. That wasn’t the case for A.A. Milne: He knew exactly what he wanted to do when he left Cambridge’s hallowed halls,…
OXFORD, England — David Garrow, who received a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Martin Luther King Jr. and praise for his work on the Eyes on the Prize PBS documentary, receives a shunning for uncovering truths about the man…
Conservative leaders from 13 organizations have sent a letter encouraging states to cut ties with the woke American Library Association (ALA), reports the Federalist. The report mentions that Missouri was the first state to eliminate the ALA and sever financial…
The latest fad is to travel to dangerous destinations. That is, to die. Perhaps there are people who are de facto not so far removed from the postulates of politicians who advocate euthanasia. The trend is not to travel, or…
Since the dawn of man, from cave paintings to oral traditions all the way to multi-billion-dollar blockbuster movies, human beings have craved stories. But while those of the past narrated the lives of great heroes of wars or catastrophes, today’s…
Well, now I know what it’s like being the full-time psychiatrist of a hyper-narcissistic celebrity. No, I haven’t gone to med school, been a psychiatric resident, and hung out a shingle. I’ve just read Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page’s memoir, Pageboy,…
The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival By Ron DeSantis (Broadside Books, 288 pages, $35) While courage may seem a fading virtue in America’s political discourse, at least one man has taken it to the next level:…
