By Jeff Minick Intellectual Takeout March 24, 2021 A video of a white teacher from Loudon County, Virginia protesting the required Critical Race Theory (CRT) training for teachers is a highlight of Andrea Widburg’s article, “Maybe the pendulum is starting to swing on cancel culture.” Take one minute to watch this female fireball, and you’ll […]
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The Brave New World of Children’s Propaganda
By Amy Holmquist Intellectual Takeout March 3, 2021 Editor’s Note: The following article by Amy Holmquist is a must read for parents, especially Christian parents. Today’s children are inundated in the public schools with leftist indoctrination, and most parents are completely unaware of it. Holmquist doesn’t just explain the problem but offers parents good advice […]
You’re Being Gaslighted
By Jeff TarteChristian Action LeagueSeptember 29, 2020 Have you ever asked yourself, ‘Am I crazy?’ If you have ever asked yourself that, you’re not crazy. You’re most likely being gaslighted. Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse aimed at controlling a person by altering reality to the point where the person will doubt their own […]
The Murder of 5-Year Old Cannon Hinnant, The Media, and The Truth
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 20, 2020 His mother described him as having the most prominent eyes and smile. He “touched everybody he knew,” she said. She hopes his death will somehow change the world. These are the words of a grieving mother who lost her five-year old son, Cannon Hinnant, in a senseless […]
Asheville City Council Votes to Pay Reparations for ‘Historic Role in Slavery’
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJuly 17, 2020 In what USA Today called an “extraordinary move,” this week, the Asheville City Council voted unanimously for a resolution to pay reparations to black residents for the city’s “historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties.” The resolution, which was signed by Mayor Esther Manheimer, apologizes […]
Bringing BLM into North Carolina Classrooms
By Graham McDowellChristian Action LeagueJuly 16, 2020 In light of the Governor’s much-anticipated announcement about reopening schools, pandemic-weary parents may be too focused on how and when their students will head back to class to consider precisely what they will learn there. In Wake County, their studies could include a significant dose of Marxist ideology, […]
The Disparagement of Christopher Columbus and an ‘Insidious Coup’
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueJuly 10, 2020 On July 1, a statue of Christopher Columbus is removed from Columbus City Hall in Ohio, where it had been for more than sixty years. July 4, a statue in Baltimore of the celebrated Italian explorer, which had stood for 36 years, is torn down by rioters […]
Is Violence the Way to Advance Racial Justice in America?
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueJune 26, 2020 There is violence throughout our land, and most of it in the name of eradicating racism. Any statue with the slightest perception of some racist association or history is either spray-painted with profane graffiti or pulled to the ground. Public buildings and businesses have been ransacked, looted, […]
The Systemic Racism Argument Ignores Free Will
By Anders KoskinenIntellectual TakeoutJune 26, 2020 In college I took a course on debating and argument. Well, to say I took the course may be a stretch; I dropped it after a few days after pushing back against the politics of my classmates and receiving this assertion from my instructor in response: “Institutional racism is […]
Slogans Matter and Sometimes Slogans Divide
An Academic Argument for why Christians Should Not Use the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Catchphrase By A. D. Powers, PhD. Professor of PhilosophyChristian Action LeagueJune 19, 2020 The struggle throughout the Reformation of the sixteenth century was caught up in a political and theological battle over the phrase, “This is my body.” The Reformers were united […]