(Akiit.com) “We won’t be bent, we won’t be bowed, and we won’t be ordered to ignore the hearts and minds of the people who elected us, demanding commonsense gun safety in a state that has nearly none. The GOP of the Tennessee House of Representatives attempted to obstruct me and ...
(Akiit.com) “It is the policy of the Government of the United States to…promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a continuing affirmative program in each executive department and agency.” — President Richard M. Nixon, Executive Order 11478 (August 8, 1969) Resulting from the concerted efforts of Civil Rights activists, ...
(Akiit.com) The Latin phrase “nemo resideo” or “leave no one behind” goes back centuries, almost as far back as warfare itself. It is a concept that still has roots throughout our modern-day armed services. Today, the phrase, adopted by several arms of the armed forces, is often attributed to the elite ...
(Akiit.com) Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom to learn. And that’s why the freedom to learn is often attacked by those who abuse power and those who cling to it. Every year, the ...
(Akiit.com) This August, you can’t turn on a television or open a newspaper without reading or hearing about the teacher shortage. And it is clear that current shortages are being highly publicized and politicized, with reasons for shortages ranging from low pay to teacher burnout, to teacher dissatisfaction, to COVID, ...
(Akiit.com) The Supreme Court recently decided in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District that a now-former high school football coach had the right to lead his team in public prayer following games. The central constitutional question was whether such prayer was “state-sponsored” endorsement of religion. (The high school in question is ...
(Akiit.com) The world continues to change, and as a result, so do our social standards and norms. This change has been a part of the human experience and development since the dawn of creation. However, there are certain standards that have remained untouched, such as the protection of our children ...
(Akiit.com) To defeat any opponent, you must first understand your opponent. You must recognize your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses and be mindful of their strategies, especially their manner of attack that could be used against you. In sports competitions, multiple sides compete against each other to win a specific event. ...
(Akiit.com) It cannot be overstated: white liberal cultural-Marxists, (as if there could be a conservative cultural-Marxist) are surpassed for their baneful commonality only by their so-called black contemporaries. To which I might add: The crayon-color assignation of both groups is a grotesque malapropism. They’re neither white nor black; but they’re ...
(Akiit.com) The Texas school massacre was the latest in a familiar ritual. There’s a hideous massacre. It’s followed by loud calls from much of the public for Congress to do something and do something fast about passing tougher gun control legislation. The calls for action are backed up by polls ...
(Akiit.com) It used to be enough to just defeat Democrats in elections, vanquish them from the halls of government and the republic was safe from those who seek to destroy it. Of course, that was back before the Democrat Party became an entity seeking to destroy the country, so that ...
(Akiit.com) You may have seen over the past two weeks dozens of articles emerging detailing the Biden Administration’s plans to address the student loan debt crisis in the United States via executive fiat. While plans to cancel student loans may ostensibly sound noble, they actually penalize the majority of Americans who do ...