1) “The Demonic Possession of Liberal Women: Leftist women are at war with Christianity.” (Lou Aguilar, American Spectator)
From the article -- But too many traditionalists still believe the feminist hatred of them is political not spiritual. They can’t or won’t make the necessary leap of faith to see the true face of the enemy behind the decreasingly female form. The women he possesses don’t have the same reluctance. If they cannot destroy God, they’ll destroy the God-fearing, and the family, the last best hope for Western Civilization. Even with the help of a false god whose worshippers would enslave them.
Unfortunately, the same power has captured many of the religious who would traditionally oppose it. Observe the once mighty Church of England with its caricature of an Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, a pro-choice former midwife. Although she has been less pro-Muslim immigration than the current Catholic Pope.
An online petition launched by LifeSiteNews has gathered tens of thousands of signatures calling on Boston Archbishop Richard G. Henning to excommunicate Governor Healey for her abominable bill. Henning will probably do nothing, given his progressive superiors in the Church, all the way up to the Vatican. Though his highest Superior may appreciate it. But what Healey and her coven need is not excommunication. It’s exorcism.
Related articles: “Why All Leftism Is Now Far Left: How identity politics conquered progressivism.” (Itxu Díaz, American Spectator)...“DSA Praises Fidel Castro in 100th Birthday Tribute, Denounces Marco Rubio as ‘Genocidal’” (Jarrett Stepman, Daily Signal)
2) “The Unmaking of Jason Arday -- Whatever else can be said about the ‘Jason Arday Affair,’ he was not the victim.” (Roger Kimball, American Greatness)
From the article -- I say “his” book, but it was only incidentally his. A “book doctor” called Eve Claxton was listed as co-author, and it soon emerged that another co-author was that prodigious scribe, AI. More digging revealed that Arday’s dissertation was lifted largely from a 2009 PhD thesis by a Brunel University student, Paula Zwozdiak-Myers.
But the plagiarism was, I noted, only the tip of the midden. There was also Arday’s unbridled fabulism. Among other things, he claimed to have run 30 marathons in 35 days. As revelations mounted, Cambridge at first circled its wagons and dismissed any criticism of its prize black scholar as a “vile campaign to undermine his credibility.” But no, Arday did all the undermining himself. Like Belshazzar at his famous feast, he could see the writing on the wall. And the writing had more or less the same import as that the Babylonian king saw inscribed before him by a ghostly hand. I am told that “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” means something like “You have been weighed in the balance and have been found wanting.” Arday’s similar message could be summarized more briefly: “The jig is up.”
Overwhelmed, Arday resigned his chair. I am not sure whether it was a sense of humor or merely chutzpah that encouraged him to leave the composition of his letter of resignation to AI, but there seems little doubt that AI was the “onlie begetter” of the missive. Alas, on Friday, August 14, the humiliation became too much. The police were called because Arday was found “unresponsive.” He was pronounced dead on the scene, an apparent suicide.
Who was to blame? A curious subhead to a story in The Wall Street Journal seems to me to get the question completely wrong. “Jason Arday’s academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a plagiarist or victim of a racial witch hunt.” But that is a false dichotomy. There is no doubt that Arday was a plagiarist. And far from being the victim of “a racial witch hunt,” he was the victim of his own lies and intemperate behavior. And let’s not forget that his fabulations were directed not only at aggrandizing himself. He was also perfectly happy to play the race card to damage others, as when he complained to the police that journalists who were investigating his credentials were guilty of harassing him. The police duly opened a four-month-long investigation into a journalist who was simply going about his job.
Related articles: “Who’s really to blame for Jason Arday’s death?” (This unspeakable tragedy demands a reckoning with the cult of DEI. (Tom Slater, spiked!)...“The sanctification of Jason Arday: The narrative being spun about his tragic death is an affront to reason and a free media.” (Tom Slater, spiked!)...Simon & Schuster’s Disgrace (Washington Free Beacon Editors)
3) “Escaping the Educational Industrial Complex: It’s time for parents to take full control of their children’s education.” (Larry Sand, American Greatness)
From the article -- Parental unhappiness is certainly understandable, given that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), aka the “Nation’s Report Card,” showed that in 2024, 12th-grade students scored their lowest in reading and math in decades. In math, 45 percent of high school seniors scored “below basic,” the lowest level since 2005. In reading, 32 percent scored “below basic,” the lowest level since the exam’s inception in 1992.
Among 8th-graders, 38 percent scored “below basic” in science, meaning they couldn’t recognize basic facts, such as the fact that plants need sunlight to grow.
At the same time that test scores are sinking, many teachers spend valuable class time exploring wokeism and related nonsense, and teachers’ unions refuse to allow bad teachers to be fired. The question then becomes what a parent should do to address this untenable problem.
If a school choice program or an effective charter school exists, a parent can send their children there. However, what if no choice options are available?
The answer is to take full control of your child’s education. While this may give many parents pause, homeschooling is a deeply American tradition. Contrary to stereotypes, it is no longer a niche practice but an accessible, effective, and reasonable option for parents seeking greater control over their children’s instruction.
Related article: “The New Tactic Of Gov’t Education: Parents Are The ‘Oppressors’ And Children Must Be ‘Liberated’” (Alex Newman, Harbinger’s Daily)
4) “Islam’s Trojan horse: We must ask Muslim immigrants if they will respect the Western way of life.” (Thane Rosenbaum, Jewish News Service)
From the article -- In Nolan’s film (though not in Homer’s text), Odysseus, the wily warrior who conjured the entire Trojan horse scheme, is left traumatized by its aftermath—the slaughter of all those Trojan men, women and children.
We’re told never to look a gift horse in the mouth. Yet, the craftsman of that ultimate equine gift, Odysseus, knew that it’s probably good practice to more heavily scrutinize a gift. One never knows whether it may contain a surprise from which the beneficiary may never recover.
Contemporary Europeans know a little something about booby-trapped gifts. The West has been led to believe for well over a century that immigration is a national gift to give and receive. The mass infusion of talent and energy, the innate quest to seek the opportunities that free nations offer, to join in the service of nation-building and self-improvement, can only enhance the collective experience of the country.
But Europeans, and perhaps soon Americans, now know that immigration can also make a country worse. If the new arrivals are not properly vetted; if their arrival was not motivated by the pursuit of happiness but rather a mission of conquest; if they flash a grateful, friendly face at the border that changes into one more fierce at the local mosque, a national threat materializes, internally, without the mess that military invasions produce.
Related articles: “Hating Israel Fatigue” (Victor Hanson, Blade of Perseus)...“Wise up, America! The war of conquest against the West involves both Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood.” (Melanie Phillips, Jewish News Service)
5) “The Fall of Fauci” (Phillip W. Magness, Civitas Outlook)
From the article -- Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fall from grace is now the cautionary tale that many of us have been telling since early 2020. It starts with entrusting broad powers to a single person who, in this case, called himself "the science" while actually disavowing it, and with the well-being of the American public, to increase his own wealth and power.
It is estimated that Fauci's net worth exceeds $12.5 million. His diaries, released to the public two weeks ago, boast of appearing on magazine covers, attending A-list parties, being fawned over by the media, and having donuts named after him. They also claim he’s the reason governors locked down their states. What a towering image.
Fauci's diaries show that he was the main force behind cultivating that image. The roots go back more than 40 years, when he became head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). But no more. In last week’s hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, it all came crumbling down in full public view.
Related article: “The Lawless And Corrupt Actions Of Men Won’t Stay In The Shadows For Long” (Breanna Claussen, Harbinger’s Daily)
Yet More Excellent Articles from the Week
* “I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned.” (Matt Calkins, Substack)
* “Tossing and Turning: Those who put basic human realities up for grabs are shocked, shocked to find that everything else is now up for grabs too.” (Anthony Esolen, American Greatness)
* “America and the Europoor” (John Hinderaker, Power Line)
* “Those illegal migrant ‘rape’ booklets shame the British state -- If asylum seekers need to be told not to sexually abuse women and children, what are they doing in the UK?” (Hugo Timms, spiked!)
* “The Church Is Growing -- But Is It Healthy?” (Sarah Holliday, Decision)
