KRAWIEC: Random ramblings

Students may have more common sense than those running the place

Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie.” This fits our mainstream media perfectly.

An associate professor at George Mason University has said that marriage is akin to “white supremacy.” She claims marriage advantages “white nuclear families.” Is there any wonder why our young people are so confused after going to college?

A Virginia teacher just won a lawsuit and was awarded $575,000 by the West Point School District. He was fired for refusing to use students’ preferred pronouns. Many other such cases are being challenged in courts around the country.

A professor at the University of Kansas was filmed saying to his class that men who refused to vote for Kamala Harris should be lined up and shot. Why are people like this even in a classroom?

A food pantry in Minneapolis is stirring up controversy. They have initiated a new policy and are refusing to serve whites. Their services will now only be offered to “black and indigenous” people. Sounds like another lawsuit.

FEMA has been criticized recently for failing to serve victims with Trump signs in their yards. They have also misapplied funds toward illegal immigrants instead of hurricane victims. Now a whistleblower has come forward and claims that FEMA is more focused on diversity, equity and inclusion instead of saving lives and responding to disasters.

Two students have filed a free speech lawsuit against George Mason University. The students were disciplined for objecting to tampons in the men’s restrooms. Students may have more common sense than those running the place.

According to a new report, students in Ireland find it “much more difficult to come out as an Evangelical Christian than it is to come out as LGBT,” according to the BBC. No studies from the U.S., but I am betting results would be the same.

President Joe Biden just will not give up on his student loan forgiveness initiative. After being told repeatedly by the courts it is unconstitutional, he keeps trying another door. Now he is not only trying to forgive current debts, but he also wants to extend it to future borrowers. Now what fool would not borrow money, whether needed or not, if they knew it would be forgiven? This is another attempt to initiate a new government program before he goes out the door.

Colorado keeps getting hit with some hard lessons. After losing the case of Jack Phillips, the cake baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple, they have done it again. This time, they have been ordered to pay $1.5 million to the web designer who refused to design a website for a same-sex union. Our First Amendment is the cornerstone of our republic.

The Pentagon failed its seventh audit. They cannot account for the $824 billion budget. Now that is a serious problem. And some folks wonder why others are excited about President Donald Trump and his attempt to clean up this mess.

The State Department held taxpayer-funded “cry sessions” after the Trump win. This is a perfect example of waste and partisan dysfunction within our government. Nobody could make this stuff up.

The Texas State Board of Education has approved a new curriculum that will introduce Bible-based teachings in elementary schools. The curriculum is optional for schools to adopt. It will be interesting to see how many will adopt this new program.

Jaguar has come out with an ad that is absolutely disgusting. I have not yet figured out who on Earth came out with such a crazy ad. Companies should have learned how damaging ads can be after the Bud Light fiasco.

Sen. Joyce Krawiec has represented Forsyth County and the 31st District in the North Carolina Senate since 2014. She lives in Kernersville.