Kinda funny being called hateful/bigoted/phobic/etc for expressing opinions that were emphatically mainstream just five years ago. And by funny, of course I mean it’s asinine. There was a time not too long ago when common sense ideas and opinions were pretty much the norm. Now, anyone who dares to express a perspective or a belief that goes against the new orthodoxy is met with accusations of bigotry or hate speech. What’s happening is nothing less than a concerted effort to silence dissent and control the narrative, and the folks doing it don’t seem to care about how antithetical it is to the principles of a free society. Maybe that’s the point. Prince Harry recently made headlines by calling the 1st Amendment “bonkers,” but he’s got it all wrong. What’s bonkers is the idea that politicians and bureaucrats should be the arbiter of what speech is appropriate. It’s not just the

Happy birthday to Karl Marx, the father of communism and hero to totalitarians and villains the world over! Let’s take a look at Karl’s legacy: Marx believed in a socialist society where the state owned the means of production, and everything was distributed equally among the people. Not surprisingly, regimes that follow Marxist ideology have suppressed dissent, brutalized their citizens, and caused millions of deaths. It’s almost like people have free will, and don’t go willingly along with the so-called “equal” distribution of the fruits of their time, talents, and labor. Crazy. Under Stalin’s rule in the Soviet Union, millions of people were sent to labor camps where they were subjected to torture, starvation, and death. The Gulag system was infamous for its inhumane treatment of prisoners, where forced labor and extreme conditions resulted in the deaths of scores of innocents. In addition to the labor camps, Stalin’s policies of

Today is Good Friday—a holy day for Christians. As I was getting ready this morning, I found myself reflecting on some of tenets of my faith, and how similar they are to the beliefs of many who hold different religious views than me. In The Tuttle Twins and the Golden Rule, Ethan and Emily learn that the admonition to, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” is found in many faith and cultural traditions around the world. Growing up, I was taught that, “If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy,” I should, “seek after these things.” One of the things that led me to write the first Tuttle Twins book was my frustration with the lack of quality content available to help me teach my kids the things that I believe are necessary for the formation of a strong and virtuous