Tag: political

• The 1619 Project: Revisionist History Masquerading as Scholarship

  

  Few developments in American historical discourse have been as destructive as The 1619 Project, a politically motivated reimagining of American history that sacrifices accuracy on the altar of ideology. Conceived by Nikole Hannah-Jones and promoted by The New York Times, the project claims that the true founding of America was not 1776 but rather 1619—the…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  January 29, 2025

  Education, History

  1619 Project, Accurate, black-history, Education, False Teaching, History, Honesty, Motivation, political, politics, Reality, slavery, Truth

• Balancing Compassion and Law in Education

  

  The recent statement by the Clark County School District in Nevada pledging to protect and educate children regardless of their immigration status is a classic example of sentiment triumphing over reason. While compassion and concern for children are laudable qualities, they must be balanced against the practical realities of law, resource allocation, and the unintended…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  January 25, 2025

  Education, politics

  Compassion, deportation, Education, enforcement, illegal-immigration, immigration, Immigration; Illegal, news, Policy, political, politics, stand up, the right thing, United States