CultureWatch

On the educational mess we are in:

Education wars are now all around us, with woke and leftist ideology running most schools and education departments. Students are getting dumbed down in all the basics, while coming out as dedicated leftists and haters of the West.

In recent articles I have examined two books on how Western education is going down the tubes, and what ...

How to turn things around in the education wars:

To say our educational system needs rescuing implies that it is in a bad way, and steps must be taken to turn things around before things get worse. Many have sought to make this case. I have as well. This happens to be my 264th article on education, so plenty of documentation as to what ails us in this realm has already been p...

On wanting to go back and do things over:

One of the saddest things a person can experience is to look back on a long life and feel an intense sense of regret. A person reflects on his or her life and is filled with remorse and sadness, thinking that so much of that life has been wasted or poorly lived.

One can reflect on all the mistakes, bad choices, and wasted oppor...

It is nice to get a few wins on the board:

This morning I wrote about the massive victory of Nigel Farage and Reform UK in the local council elections overseas. Tonight I write about the One Nation victory in the Farrer byelection. So two out of two today – that is what I call a pretty good day. The Farage win which I wrote up just hours earlier can be seen here:

On the Starmer/Labour Rout:

Local elections were just held in the UK, involving some 30 million voters over 5000 seats. It was not very pretty for the two main parties: Labour and the Conservatives. But it was a smashing success for the wrecking crew, Reform UK.

Early on Nigel Farage of Reform put it this way: “I think what you’re witnessing is an historic shift in Bri...