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Pennsylvania Teacher Suspended After Discussion on Standing for Flag Offends Students

A Pennsylvania history teacher has been suspended without pay after a discussion about standing during the Pledge of Allegiance offended some of her 12- and 13-year-old seventh-grade students. Every morning before classes start, students are told “please rise” for the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance, which are broadcast over the loudspeaker at Central…


Australia a Nation of ‘Tut-Tutting Karens’ on COVID Restrictions: Think Tank Survey

A survey has revealed that despite declining support for lockdowns and restrictions, Australians still favour tougher enforcement of public health orders and higher fines. A poll commissioned by the Sydney-based Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) found that 39 percent of Australians believed penalties for breaching public health orders was too low. Another 47 percent thought…