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Doing Better for Our Daughters: Guest Column

Mar 13, 2024John StonestreetTransgenderFairness in Women's Sports, Transgender

In a recent article published in Newsweek, Kristen Waggoner described how the federal government is working to remove protections for women’s sports, ironically in the name of equity and justice. When Title IX rules that protect female representation in sports are reinterpreted to privilege males who claim a transgender identity, the original purpose of Title IX is turned on its head.

Twenty years ago, or maybe just 10, if anyone were to predict that women and girls would be denied privacy, scholarship money, and the fair chance to compete in sports, the culprits would have been assumed to be the advocates of a Handmaid’s Tale-style, Right-wing patriarchy. But this move is being championed by those on the Left because they are committed to a worldview in which identity is constructed and the freedom to self-express is the highest good.

But the freedom from reality is not freedom at all, certainly not the freedom promised to women and girls.

Catholic Diocese of Little Rock Opposes Abortion Amendment

Mar 12, 2024Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Abortion Amendment

The diocese is urging all Catholics in Arkansas to decline to sign the abortion amendment petition.

A Growing Problem in the U.S.: Illegal Marijuana Farms With Possible Ties to China, CCP

Mar 12, 2024Jerry CoxMarijuana, VideoMarijuana, Marijuana Amendment, Video

Illegal marijuana farms with ties to organized crime in America and Asia continue to be a problem in the U.S.

News outlets have reported repeatedly how legalization of marijuana has actually fueled black market operations rather than reducing them — emboldening drug cartels that operate industrial scale marijuana cultivation sites. Some of these marijuana operations are tied to labor trafficking and violent crime.

A recent report by Fox Business highlights national security concerns that some of these illegal marijuana farms may actually have ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

During the Fox Business interview, California’s Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue called legalization “a total failure in California,” saying the state has been inundated with black market marijuana.

This is an ongoing problem — and it seems to be getting worse. A CBS News segment last year highlighted how Chinese investment is driving illegal marijuana production across the U.S., and CBN reported last October that Chinese investors with “suitcases full of cash” are buying U.S. farmland to grow black market marijuana.

These reports come as a proposed marijuana amendment is vying for the 2024 ballot in Arkansas — raising serious questions about what could happen in Arkansas if the state goes the same route as California, Oklahoma, Oregon, and others.

Watch the Fox Business report below to learn more.