The Disunited State of America

By Larry Sand
12/15/2020
“We acknowledge that we meet on stolen land.” The above quote kicks off a contemptible “White Privilege” PowerPoint presentation that the San Diego Unified School District is forcing its teachers to watch. Authored by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi, two high-profile race hustlers, all the usual victimology blather is in full bloom – you...

TAGS: Black Lives Matter, California Teachers Association, Ibram X. Kendi, Larry Sand, National Education Association, Robin DiAngelo, teachers union, Walter Williams, White Fragility, white privilege

The Great “Awokening”

By Larry Sand
10/22/2019
The U.S. is in the grips of a Godless religious revival. The “Great Awakening” refers to several periods of religious rejuvenation in American Christianity. Historians and theologians have identified three or four waves of increased religiosity occurring between the 18th and 20th centuries. However, the latest version is secular, and its zealots are focusing their...

TAGS: Larry Sand, National Education Association, teachers union, Walter Williams, White Fragility

#NEAexit

By Larry Sand
07/16/2019
The yearly NEA convention was as blatantly left-wing as ever, and conservative teachers are staying put. When a bunch of teachers gather for a yearly convention, you might think that education matters would be front and center. But when the National Education Association convenes for its yearly wingding, politics is the centerpiece. And this year’s...

TAGS: Janus v. AFSCME, Koch Brothers, Larry Sand, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Mike Antonucci, National Education Association, school choice, teachers union, White Fragility