56 years ago today‚ the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks were awarded franchise licenses by the National Basketball Association‚ creating teams for the two cities and their millions of fans. The Suns are the NBA’s ultimate nearly men‚ having the second-highest franchise win percentage of any team never to win the championship‚ while the […] The post Good News in History‚ January 22 appeared first on Good News Network.

In the tapestry of our world‚ conversations about gender and sexuality are buzzing louder than ever. But let’s face it‚ some myths floating around could use a friendly debunking. This list is all about unpacking ten common misconceptions surrounding gender and sexuality. Buckle up for a journey of understanding as we tackle these myths head-on […] The post 10 Harmful Misconceptions about Gender and Sexuality appeared first on Listverse.

Authors use their skills to investigate the world around them and the people that populate it. That includes their deaths. Many fiction authors have doled out extraordinary demises to their characters‚ but sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. While writing my book Strange Ways to Die in History‚ I found that many authors themselves have […] The post 10 Writers Who Suffered Strange and Unusual Deaths appeared first on Listverse.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Ph.D. biologist Colin Wright is publicly inviting the Southern Poverty Law Center to debate him on the subject of what the SPLC calls “anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience‚” specifically on the transgender issue. The SPLC released a 41‚000-word report claiming that “the controversy over trans health care is manufactured to reinforce both white supremacy and the political goals of the Christian Right.” The report claims to reveal “anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience‚” but it does not seriously address the concerns of critics of the transgender movement. The report mentions Wright‚ a Manhattan Institute fellow‚ as part of the movement pushing “pseudoscience.” “It’s almost not really worth responding to‚” Wright tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” of the SPLC report. “It is such a poor‚ poorly put together document‚ riddled with typos.” “Most importantly‚ it justs makes all these accusations that I’m peddling ‘pseudoscience‚’ that type of thing‚” he adds. “It doesn’t engage with any of the actual arguments and the substance of what I’m saying‚ or what anyone else mentioned in the report is saying. There’s not really anything to respond to.” He calls the report “completely ridiculous.” “It’s purely just a smear piece‚” Wright says. “They just want to garner attention and stir outrage.” “But if anyone from the SPLC wants to actually have a conversation with me about anything that I’ve ever said on this topic‚ if you think I’m peddling ‘pseudoscience‚’ expose me in front of a huge audience‚” the biologist says. “Let’s have a one-on-one conversation with the moderator of your choice.” “I’m just here to have a conversation about the biology of sex‚ so let’s have that conversation‚” Wright says. He recalls getting ostracized from academia for daring to question gender ideology. “There’s a concerted movement by activists coming from various humanities disciplines‚ like queer theory‚ that are trying to just muddy the waters about what males and females are‚ and it’s difficult just trying to engage with them‚ because they’re doing a political project‚” Wright says. “I’m doing sort of a scientific truth-finding project here‚ and so that’s what kind of started me down this path.” He warns that “there’s major consequences‚ not just for individuals‚ but for society as a whole‚ when you’re denying fundamental aspects of our biology.” As for claims that Wright is pushing a “Christian Right” ideology‚ the biologist recalls his history of arguing for evolution against some of the very people the SPLC says he is supporting. “I used to argue against creationists and Intelligent Design proponents back in the day as an evolutionary biologist‚ because I think evolution is a very important part of who we are as a species‚” he says. Wright said the idea of giving patients hormones and surgeries “to make your body sex align with your mind sex” is “wildly regressive and anti-scientific and horrific‚ grotesque.” He says he does not object to adults going under the knife for cosmetic surgeries‚ “but the thing that makes the ‘gender-affirming care’ so bad is that this is covered by insurance‚ as though it’s life-saving‚ and it’s clearly not.” As for the SPLC‚ it has become an enforcer of the Left’s ideology. As I wrote in my book “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center‚” the SPLC has leveraged its track record of suing Ku Klux Klan groups into bankruptcy to develop a “hate map” it uses to smear enemies. The SPLC has put conservative Christian groups‚ immigration-reform groups‚ parental rights groups‚ and other organizations that oppose its leftist agenda on the “hate map” alongside Klan chapters. The SPLC’s education arm‚ which rejected the name “Teaching Tolerance” to become “Learning for Justice” in 2021‚ has long pushed transgender identity lessons‚ even for preschoolers. Listen to the interview with Colin Wright here: Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post PhD Biologist Challenges SPLC to Debate After It Accused Him of ‘Peddling Pseudoscience’ Against Transgender Orthodoxy appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The school choice policies sweeping the nation may be among the most innovative—and promising—enacted in recent memory. Yet they also embody a return to principles first enshrined in American law nearly 400 years ago. In 1642‚ when the Massachusetts Bay Colony crafted the nation’s first education law‚ its objective was clear: Parents must educate their children. Echoing Moses’ exhortation to Israelite parents to teach their children and their children’s children the statutes and decrees of the Lord‚ the law recognized not just the grave importance of a good education‚ “of singular behoof and benefit to any Common-wealth‚” but how parents are uniquely positioned to deliver this benefit. Education entails more than preparation for the workforce‚ after all. It entails the cultivation of virtue‚ both intellectual and moral. To educate children in this way‚ to form their minds and shape their souls‚ demands knowledge of their souls—which is to say it requires love. And no one loves a child more than his or her parents. “Consider how much the dignity and happiness of your children both in time and in eternity‚ depend upon your care and fidelity‚” Founding-era preacher Nathanael Emmons reminded Massachusetts parents nearly a century after the first education law passed. “And let the ties of nature‚ the authority of God‚ and your own solemn vows‚ engage you … to cultivate and embellish their opening minds in every branch of useful and ornamental knowledge.” In keeping with these natural ties‚ the 1642 law charged parents—not state bureaucrats—with the duty to ensure that their children learn not only how to provide for themselves‚ whether through farming or some other trade‚ but also how to think for themselves‚ which requires the literacy skills necessary to read and understand texts of history‚ law‚ religion‚ and philosophy‚ among others. Should parents neglect this natural duty‚ the Massachusetts law continued‚ they would face legal consequences‚ incurring fines for initial offenses. Prolonged negligence‚ however‚ would up the ante. Children whose parents refused to educate them would be placed with government-appointed teachers. Such was the pedagogical vision of our nation’s earliest lawmakers. Education begins in the home‚ with parents possessing both the right and the responsibility to direct their children’s education. Only exceptional circumstances would warrant governmental intrusion into this emphatically familial affair. In this‚ the Massachusetts colonists’ 17th-century education policies embodied the truth that human law ought to reflect and assist the natural law‚ rather than seek to undermine or replace it. As future President Calvin Coolidge reminded another set of Massachusetts lawmakers in 1914‚ almost three centuries later: “Men do not make laws. They do but discover them.” The law ought not to supplant parents in their natural role as primary educators of their children‚ then‚ but to encourage and‚ where possible‚ facilitate this noble endeavor. For too long‚ however‚ modern lawmakers and administrators have perverted this natural order‚ insisting on government-run schooling as the rule‚ rather than the exception‚ while suppressing parental involvement and stigmatizing home-based education as backward. Thanks to the school choice movement’s tireless efforts‚ in several states those days finally are coming to an end. Among the cutting-edge tools employed in the movement’s fight for education freedom are universal education savings accounts or ESA-style options‚ which allocate a portion of a school district’s per-pupil spending to an account that parents then may use for their children’s education. Although vouchers must be used for tuition‚ ESAs may be used for other educational expenses as well‚ including home-schooling materials‚ individual classes‚ personal tutors‚ special needs therapy‚ and more. As universal policies‚ these accounts are available to all K-12 students in states that have embraced them‚ regardless of income level. They also permit parents to save unused funds from year to year‚ encouraging a fiscal responsibility that ever has eluded government-run schools. Add to the universal ESA programs now live in nine states (and counting) the curriculum transparency laws that more than a dozen states have adopted in recent years‚ and it’s clear that such policies better enable parents to take charge of their children’s education. Affirming that parents are their children’s primary caregivers‚ transparency laws protect parents’ right to know what their children are reading and learning at school‚ so that parents in turn can make informed decisions concerning their children’s education. In other words‚ education choice policies invite parents—all parents—to resume the central role they traditionally held in America’s approach to education. Like the Puritans’ 1642 law‚ transparency reforms and ESAs summon parents to take the reins‚ reviewing curriculum options for their children‚ customizing the courses taken and skills honed to their children’s particular talents and needs if not teaching themselves‚ and planning for their children’s future. Should parents reject this invitation‚ government-run schools remain available as the backup option lawmakers initially intended them to be. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post This National School Choice Week‚ Let’s Celebrate Return to Founding Principles appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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