Tag: protest

• Education in America – Part Four

  

  When the Classroom Becomes a Political Stage  A classroom is not a campaign office, a protest rally, or a stage on which adults perform their moral identity before a captive audience of minors. Its first obligation is instruction. That does not mean politics must never be discussed. On the contrary, any serious education in history,…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  March 25, 2026

  Education, History, On Family, politics

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• “Hands Off” or Heads Buried? A response to America’s April 7th Protests

  

  In a country where freedom of speech is still preserved—even if inconsistently respected—it is no surprise that thousands took to the streets yesterday in what they called “Hands Off” protests. Their grievance? A supposed assault on democracy, liberty, and human rights by the second Trump administration. Their slogans rang out with dramatic cries of “fascism”…

  Jonathan Hillmer

  April 8, 2025

  Education, History, politics

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