By Elise DeYoung âWhat began as a movement with the principled intention of equality for women has turned into an abstract ideology that is seeking to overthrow all traditional structures under the guise of women empowerment.â I wrote this over a year ago for a thesis project, which I titled “Behind the Veil of Feminism.” […]
by Elise DeYoung Every four years, Americans gather at the ballot box to voice support for our desired presidential candidate. Sadly, in recent decades, this exercise of our republic has been intensely polarized due to political unrest and institutional distrust. This is a serious problem because the “government of the people, by the people, for […]
By Elise DeYoung In recent months, Oklahoma and Michigan, two states that have historically had low regulation on homeschool freedoms, have sought to pass restrictive laws. These states both claim to be passing homeschool registration and oversight laws to prevent the abuse of home-educated children. Since homeschooling became legal in 1992, many states have tirelessly […]
By Elise DeYoung Fascism. It is a term widely used but hardly understood. Are you aware of the history and philosophy surrounding this term? Can you define it? When these questions arise, men like Benito Mussolini are often accredited with the philosophy of fascism, and words such as âauthoritarianismâ and âright-wing extremismâ are frequently given […]
By Elise DeYoung Recently, House Bill 4130 was introduced to regulate homeschool families in Oklahoma. Americans must strongly oppose this bill to restrict and regulate families, because its narrative of abuse in homeschools is fabricated. This bill would introduce extreme government overreach into the realm of home education. Homeschoolers have the fundamental right of autonomy to educate […]
By Elise DeYoung Currently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is in session in Davos, Switzerland. WEF is an organization founded by Klaus Schwab in 1971 that âengages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.â In other words, WEF annually hosts the worldâs elite businessmen, academics, […]
By Elise DeYoung This past month, I had the opportunity to speak to a Kentucky mom about her homeschool experience and the state regulations that Kentucky has in place for homeschoolers. I shared how Classical Conversations has strong feelings regarding state involvement in homeschooling. We believe that the state has no place in our classrooms […]
By Elise De Young James Madison embedded the freedom of speech in American society when he penned the Bill of Rights in 1791. The free speech clause in the First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law⌠abridging the freedom of speech or the press.” Abridging can be understood simply as “to impose a […]
by Elise DeYoung This summer I had the honor of visiting our nationâs capital. Upon arrival, my friends and I went to Arlington National Cemetery to pay our respects to our countryâs fallen soldiers. I was amazed by the scale of the cemetery and the countless rows of headstones that rest peacefully on the grounds. […]
By Elise DeYoung Today, it is typical for social movements in Western civilization to claim they are fighting for the founding principles of America: liberty, justice, and, most of all, equality for all. Feminism, that age-old movement, claims that women are inherently oppressed by men. Betty Friedan, in her modern feminist manifesto The Feminine Mystique, makes […]