Category Archives: Culture

Committee Nixes Conscience Bill, 14-4

Today’s chapter in the annals of Aren’t-You-Glad-You-Have-a-Republican-Legislature: the New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee has voted “inexpedient to legislate” on HB 1787, a bill to provide conscience protections for medical personnel. The committee recommendation will go to the full House next week. … Continue reading

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Who Enabled Nikolas Cruz to Get a Gun Legally?

Apart from the shooter, the real culprits in the Parkland shooting are the people with the responsibility and the authority to protect the school and the public.  Prompted by self-interest and leftist ideology, the Sheriff and School Administrators conspired to … Continue reading

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Recommended Viewing: “Desperate Measures”

Not long after Fr. Imbarrato paid a visit to my area and spoke about the need for “decisive strategies” for pro-life activists, I read about his arrest for a sit-in at an abortion facility. Not on the sidewalk – but in the facility itself. Thirty … Continue reading

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Words with ‘Man’ Should be Avoided

Purdue University has an online writing and grammar resource that tells students to avoid using words with ‘man’ in them because such terms are sexist. But based on the reporting at Campus Reform, I don’t think they’ve quite got the hang of … Continue reading

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Donna Green: Are Smart Phones Destabilizing Our Children?

Graphic violence in video games, movies and television has often been blamed for the rise in mass shootings by young people.  I think the appetite for horrible violence cultivates a sickness of the soul similar to the appetite for pornography.  … Continue reading

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OP-ED: The Truth No One Wants To Hear

As a mom, I am infuriated by the conversations that keep distracting us from the facts. The conversations that keep pointing out toward some distraction and that keep us from facing the cold, hard, truths.  The truth is that we … Continue reading

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Schools Failing to Educate Kids Now Want to Treat Their Mental Health

There’s never a moment in the world of public education that it’s safe to let your guard down. Just when you begin to think the tide is beginning to turn or it can’t get any worse, educational elites dream up … Continue reading

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Gun Control, Mental Health Issues, And Psychotropic Drugs.

Keith Hanson chats with the ladies of “Conservative Chic Chat” about gun control and mental health issues surrounding psychotropic drugs. | Listen Free on SoundCloud

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Pine Tree Ramblings – Vol 5

Church and School.  Two places where a lot of shootings take place.  Both are relatively gun-free zones, one mandated by law, the other by sense.  Although, there are no gun-free zones wherever I am. Anyhow, two recent shootings have occurred … Continue reading

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Every school shooter you’ve heard of came out of public schools

While the professional left and their collectivist herd bleat and low about the government watchdogs that failed again having more power to watch over this or that, the political Right is having an increasingly constructive discussion about how we got here from … Continue reading

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