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An open letter to Elon Musk
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An open letter to Elon Musk

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Dear Elon, You do not know me. I am one of millions of Americans who will likely never meet you, never stand on a launch pad, never design a rocket engine, never build a global company, and never appear in the history books. Yet I owe you a debt of gratitude. Not because of your wealth. Not because of your fame. Not because I agree with every decision you have ever made. I owe you gratitude because your success serves as evidence. Evidence that reality still rewards excellence. Evidence that competence still matters. Evidence that discipline, sacrifice, intelligence, and relentless effort can still bend the world toward something better. That evidence has become increasingly valuable. Everywhere I loo...
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Schools tell students not to cheat—yet cheat by rebranding DEI to keep race-based ideology alive
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Schools tell students not to cheat—yet cheat by rebranding DEI to keep race-based ideology alive

By Jonathan Butcher, Mike Gonzalez | Commentary, The Daily Signal It’s back-to-school season, and some teachers have promised that the racist ideas from diversity, equity, and inclusion would not be in their classrooms this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is that many of these teachers and administrators are clearly telling whoppers. In fact, K-12 schools and colleges around the country are disguising their DEI offices and their racial preferences. Take Maryland, across the border from the nation’s capital and where many federal bureaucrats sleep and send their children to school. State education officials said schools would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders calling on schools to reject DEI, citing the ways in which DEI...
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