How did Gen Z manage to win in every category? Crazy.

Prayers for these folks in order.

Just in: the Grinch has been shot and killed by police officer.

In American high schools, the age of the book may be fading.

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Twelfth-grade reading scores are at historic lows, and college professors, even at elite schools, are increasingly reporting difficulties in getting students to engage with lengthy or complex texts.

Some folks on the right think this is entirely an issue of race, that white kids can still read just fine and that things only look bad because of all the darker kids in the schools. But while it's true that if you just measured white ability, the results would be better, white reading levels are still declining.

Rot spreads. That is the key lesson here.

Place yourself in the shoes of a leftoid here. Diversity is important, yeah? Great. So we must then diversify the canon. Surely you agree. So, which books should we include in this diversified canon? Wait... There's a limited amount of time, and so... If we really want diversity in our reading, we should focus on excerpts instead of books! Sure, we could have our students read maybe half a dozen diverse perspectives per quarter in the form of books... But how many can we expose them to if they're only reading 5 paragraph snippets? Now that's what I call progress.

And just like that, those white kids had great literature pulled from them, had it replaced by diversity slop, and then had that slop cut into such small pieces as to never develop within them a need to focus on a longer text. And, so, with no need for such focus, the ability to read books fades.

The rot spreads. One bad idea breeds more. And they contaminate reality. Ideas—ladies and gentlemen—Have Consequences.

The education system is leftist, and you expect this to have no negative effect on what kids learn, no impact on what they can do? Sir, please look at the clock.

At least once per season, you should force yourself to simply sit down and read a book in one sitting.

Friend of the channel Theodulfo just picked out his books for this exercise for the next 6 seasons:

Book fair triple combo:

Mein Kampf (In two editions!)
Anne Frank (In three editions!)
Rupi Kaur

Based.

Under my regime, we will put an end to no fault separation in the context of employment. You will not be able to be fired without having committed a crime against your boss or company. Similarly, you will not be able to quit unless your boss or company has committed a crime against you. Thank you for your time.

I made you a sandwich, friend. Made from only the poorest of ingredients.

Going to be putting forward, each day at 10:00 PM, some info on the supposedly Christian foundation of these United States. Stay tuned.

Posts:

1. Franklin’s Plea for Light
2. The Consensus Against Mandated Christianity
3. The Unfashionable Founders & Dissent Against Article VI
4. It was the Jews!

FRANKLIN'S PLEA FOR LIGHT

On June 28th of 1787, Benjamin Franklin was frustrated with the lack of progress made towards establishing a new government. He claimed that the Convention seemed to lack political wisdom, and that it was "running around in search of it." They looked towards ancient states as well as those of 18th century Europe, but found none of them satisfactory.

Franklin, recognizing that they were lost in the dark, recommended asking "the Father of Light" for assistance. In other words, he wanted future meetings to begin with a prayer asking God for help in making the correct decisions, suggesting that empires do not rise without His assistance, and that without the aid and approval of God, America will do "no better than the builders of Babel."

These were mere men, Franklin claimed, and they needed God's help. But they weren't willing to ask for it.

Alexander Hamilton sharply criticized Franklin, claiming that they would be censured by the people if they started praying every morning.

Hugh Williamson suggested that they didn't have enough money, that they couldn't afford it.

Our great founders then voted to adjourn the meeting and the issue was never discussed again, as “the Convention, except three or four persons, thought Prayers unnecessary.”

Back to the ToC.

In other news, the existence of this pug proves that all dogs are pugs.

Driving down some back country roads, listening to a greatest hits collection of John Denver that I found at a thrift shop this morning, when the song changes.. I'm met with horror and disgust as Mr. Denver starts talking about the importance of voter registration and how we live in a democracy and nobody's vote should be seen as more important than anybody else's. I think I'm going to sit in silence the rest of the trip. It's going to take a long time to recover from this assault. Pray for me.

THE CONSENSUS AGAINST MANDATED CHRISTIANITY

August 30th of 1787. Charles Pinckney suggested adding a proposition to Article VI. It read: "But no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the authority of the United States."

It passed.

In fact, it passed unanimously.

Not a single person at the Convention, it seems, was in favor of requiring that federal office holders be Christian.

Did anybody raise the possibility during discussion? No. But...

Roger Sherman of Connecticut did raise an objection to Pinckney's proposal. He thought that it was unnecessary. Why was it unnecessary? Because of, as Madison recalls him saying, "the prevailing liberality being a sufficient security against such tests."

In other words, the only person who spoke against the ban on religious testing, against the ban on requiring that holders of federal office be Christian, did so because he believed the culture of the United States was already so open and tolerant that the idea of the government imposing a religious test was absurd to begin with.

Back to the ToC.

Please check out my new hit political film against the left: "What is a Breakfast?"

[EXT. TIMES SQUARE - DAY]

Poor holds a microphone, stopping a tourist who is eating a bagel.

POOR:
Excuse me, sir. You are engaging in a religious ritual. You are eating that bread circle. Why?

TOURIST:
Uh, ‘cause it’s morning? And I’m hungry.

POOR:
The idea of "breakfast" as a distinct meal didn't exist for most of human history. It is a modern invention, a result of the Industrial Revolution requiring workers to fuel up before entering the factory. You are essentially fueling a machine. Do you feel like a machine?

TOURIST:
Dude, I just like cream cheese.

POOR:
*Nods solemnly, gravely* The blue pill...

TOURIST:
The what? Leave me alone.

POOR:
You think you are eating, but you are actually being eaten by the system.