Angry White Male Studies — The latest Worthless College Course
While much has been written about worthless college courses, the “Angry White Male Studies,” course, which will be offered at the University of Kansas in the fall of 2019, takes the cake. It is right up there with a course offered at Stanford, “White Identity Politics,” and one at Hunter College in New York called the “Abolition of Whiteness.”
How is any of that garbage going to help a young person land a good job and succeed in life unless one is seeking employment as a race-baiter? It might help if you are applying with Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/Push Coaltion or Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, non-profits in the business of shaking down businesses for contributions, concessions or contracts. Rather limited, don’t you think?
The Angry White Male Studies course requires students take “Women, Gender, and Sexuality” 101 or 102 as a prerequisite. But of course! What a natural transition between gender studies, i.e. radical feminism, and hating Continue reading “Angry White Male Studies — The latest Worthless College Course” →
Marijuana vs Tobacco: Which is Worse?
Marijuana is fast becoming an accepted drug. In fact, smoking marijuana is considered by most young people to be “cool” while smoking cigarettes is frowned upon.
Children are born with a natural desire to succeed. Ask a group of children what they want to be when they grow up. They will answer, “astronaut, doctor, fireman, teacher, etc.” without any hesitation. There is never a doubt that their chosen professions might be unattainable. However, smoking marijuana will make those dreams much harder if not impossible to achieve. Continue reading “Marijuana vs Tobacco: Which is Worse?” →
Jane Chastain	Drugs, Education	1 Comment July 12, 2018 July 11, 2018 3 Minutes
Needed: A New Trump Advisor
“Through a multitude of counselors there is safety” Proverbs 11:14
Every president has a multitude of counselors: national security, economic, health, environment, etc. Some serve officially. Others are at his beck and call. This president, however, is sorely in need of one more — a linguistic counselor.
There was a time when a person’s dollar earning power could be measured by a simple vocabulary test. The theory being that a large vocabulary is a good indication of a person’s level of education — the more you know, the higher your earning potential. Certainly, that is no longer the case as our schools have been dumbed down and a good vocabulary is no longer valued. Continue reading “Needed: A New Trump Advisor” →
Jane Chastain	Donald Trump, Education, Faith, Media	1 Comment April 18, 2018 April 18, 2018 3 Minutes
Sex or Gender? (At One University Reason Prevailed)
On Monday, reason prevailed as Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s president, Dr. Michael Driscol, announced that senior Lake Ingle would be allowed to return to his religious studies class needed for graduation.
Ingle was kicked out of that class by Professor Allison Downie and accused of violating the schools Academic Integrity Code. What was Ingle’s crime? He dared to question the premise that there are more than two genders.
For the uninitiated, discussions on college campuses and most public schools have turned into politically correct indoctrinations where no contrary facts or opinions are allowed. If one dares to question one’s teacher or professor, the student is often “shamed” into silence. Hardly a healthy environment for learning! Continue reading “Sex or Gender? (At One University Reason Prevailed)” →
Jane Chastain	Education, Feminism, Sex Education	4 Comments March 21, 2018 March 21, 2018 3 Minutes
Blame the ACLU
President Trump has argued, correctly, that Nikolas Cruz should have been reported and that this information should have prevented him from buying a gun as expressed in this tweet.
“So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again.
Trump’s critics rightfully point out that he signed a law that repealed an Obama regulation that would have added an additional 75,000 people who suffer from mental illness to the national background data check. No doubt Trump would like to take that back.
The rule that was repealed specifically required that the Social Security Administration add people who have been deemed incapable of managing their financial affairs to that list. That would include many who receive disability payments due to mental illness. This would not have prevented Nikolas Cruz from obtaining all his guns, but it would have been a small step in the right direction.
In a letter to Congress, the ACLU wrote: “We oppose this rule because it advances and reinforces the harmful stereotype that people with mental disabilities, a vast and diverse group of citizens, are violent,” the letter says. “There is no data to support a connection between the need for a representative payee to manage one’s Social Security disability benefits and a propensity toward gun violence.”
Obviously, if you can’t manage your money you shouldn’t be expected to manage a gun. Please! More obvious is the fact that someone who is getting SSI disability payments due to a mental illness should not have access to guns.
Let us not forget that in the 70s and 80s the ACLU was at the forefront of patient’s rights legislation and court cases that emptied our mental institutions. These cases raised the bar significantly for anyone to be committed. The courts ultimately ruled that a finding of mental illness alone was not enough to justify a state’s locking a person up against his will and keeping him indefinitely in simple custodial confinement if such persons are dangerous to no one and can live safely in freedom.
What does living safely in freedom mean? Today, for the most part, that means living on the streets. Why? Because most of the mentally ill don’t think they are mentally ill. Once out they refuse their meds and don’t go for treatment. When that happens many do become dangerous and their heartbroken families are simply afraid to keep them or take them in. Research suggests that individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are responsible for approximately 10 percent of all homicides in the United States. For mass killings, the percentage is approximately 33 percent. 
Too often families are counseled to avoid having a child classified as mentally ill and schools try to keep these children in their system. Then, once that child becomes an adult, the school and the family lose control unless the now mentally ill adult voluntarily gives a parent or another adult the responsibility for his or her custody. We now know that Nikolas Cruz refused to let the school district continue providing him with the mental health services he had been receiving after he turned 18. These cases go unreported.
It’s an urban legend that we have insane people living on the streets because Ronald Reagan closed the mental hospitals. Most mental hospitals were closed simply because they no longer had any patients. Sadly, liberal organizations like the ACLU that worked to get all these mental patients released, largely abandoned society’s most vulnerable.
Many of the mental health workers who worked toward this end have admitted their mistake. Many also have admitted their over reliance on drugs. Now these drugs are part of the larger problem of those who shoot up schools or a workplace.
If you are on psychotropic drugs you cannot join the military, pilot a plane and — in some cases — even drive a car. It makes sense that people on these drugs should be ineligible to buy guns unless re-evaluated.
Politicians, the NRA and the ACLU need to accept this. My guess is the first two will come around. The ACLU is perhaps the bigger culprit and, so far, has escaped the consternation of the general public.
The Deplorables Versus the Nasties
Last weekend was a demonstration of strength by the Deplorables, who turned out for the inauguration, and the Nasties, who marched on Saturday.
The Deplorables got their name from Hillary Clinton. On September 11, the Democrat presidential nominee said, “To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it.”
The Nasties came from a comment Donald Trump made to characterize Hillary Clinton — not her supporters —during the last presidential debate. Clinton spoke of her plan to bring down the deficit by taxing the rich. She then made a snarky comment that Trump would find a way to get out of paying his fair share. That drew his ire.
Both sides, in this hotly contested political contest, in turn, adopted the epithets thrown by these opposing candidates during a knock-down, drag-out campaign and wore them like a badge of honor. Continue reading “The Deplorables Versus the Nasties” →
Jane Chastain	Abortion, Donald Trump, Education, Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Political Activism, Presidential Race	2 Comments January 25, 2017 3 Minutes
Castro’s Myths Exposed
Fidel Castro is dead and Cubans in the United States and other free countries say, “Good riddance!” Meanwhile, the good Citizens in this communist state must fake tears and mourn for the dearly departed dictator or there will be hell to pay.
Unfortunately, life will not change for the people of Cuba because of Fidel’s passing for brother Raul has picked up where his evil brother left off.
Nevertheless, I am appalled at how, in the wake of the elder Castro’s death, major networks, even the more conservative Fox News Channel, continue to perpetuate myths about his educational and health care achievements. Continue reading “Castro’s Myths Exposed” →