It is getting scary out there. Here is Reuters: Reuters documented the intimidation through contacts and interviews with 33 board members across 15 states and a review of threatening and harassing messages obtained from the officials or through public records requests. […]
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The voters in the York Suburban (PA) school district reject Trumpism
It is good to see the people of the York Suburban district reject the craziness. Sometimes democracy works. Here is Mike Argento of the York Daily Record: The York Suburban School Board race was, by any measure, a messy affair. […]
Apparently a lot of anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers are running for local school boards
Some are saying it’s a new front in the culture wars. Back in August, CNN ran a story about about a group called “Back to School-PA” that is throwing money at anti-mask candidates. In Delaware, a group called “Stand Up […]
Pastor Kate tells pastor Penny to mask up. Pastor Penny responds by turning her Sunday morning service into a political rally.
Kate Murphy is pastor of The Grove Presbyterian Church, a Presbyterian Church-USA congregation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Penny Maxwell is Senior Pastor of Freedom House Church, a non-denominational megachurch with multiple campuses in the Charlotte area. She co-pastors with her […]
1200 Covid-19 cases later, Liberty University returns to in-person classes without an indoor mask requirement
Here is WSLS News: Liberty University resumed in-person classes Monday, following a two-week mitigation period to slow the spread of COVID-19. On September 8, the university reported 463 active cases, with more than 1,800 people instructed to quarantine. “I think it’s too little and late. […]
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From a Seminole County, Florida school board meeting: Based on what he says here, Michael Beck should be pro-choice on abortion, but something tells me he is not. Here is his entire speech. It picks up at the 1:48:10 mark:
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul tells Americans to resist mask mandates: “They can’t arrest us all”
Here is Paul’s op-ed at Fox News: Resist. They can’t arrest us all. They can’t keep all your kids home from school. They can’t keep every government building closed – although I’ve got a long list of ones they should. […]
The Biden administration is framing health as a matter of personal choice. Why this is a bad idea.
I drove through four states yesterday. I didn’t get out of the car much, but when I did make stops I didn’t see many masks. When I got to my hotel I read Ed Yong’s piece at The Atlantic. Here […]
I went shopping this weekend. Why were so many people wearing masks?
I went shopping with my family on Saturday. My daughter needed to buy some things for her new apartment so we jumped in the car and headed east on the Pennsylvania turnpike. We started at IKEA in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and […]