Back to School: Don’t Let The Socialists Teach Your Children
As a new school year begins, a closer look at American education reveals why parents need to pay attention to what’s happening in their children’s classrooms.
Gary Bauer
Gary currently serves as senior vice president of Public Policy and Culture at JDFI, president of American Values, and chairman of Campaign for Working Families PAC. Previously, he served in the Reagan administration as Under Secretary of Education and Head of the Office of Policy Development. Gary became president of the Family Research Council, senior vice president of Focus on the Family, and was appointed by President Trump to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Content By Gary Bauer
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Changing Words, Redefining Reality
Recently, there was an avalanche of outrage when President Trump announced he was renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. As you can imagine, the Canadians were outraged, as was virtually every media outlet in the United States. Here at JDFI, we don’t have a position on who decides the names of bodies of water. But I couldn’t help but notice the hypocrisy on display as the controversy unfolded. There are many more serious examples of things being renamed, and we have all been victims of this malicious trend.
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The Marxist/Islamist Alliance Hated Charlie Kirk . . . And They Hate Us Too
The raucous crowd in the San Francisco auditorium was ready for a celebration of hate. The scheduled speaker bounded onto the stage wearing his signature Mao suit, named after the infamous communist Chinese mass murderer Mao Zedong. He and the crowd then burst into song as lyrics were projected onto a screen in the room. The song was written in remembrance of assassinated Christian conservative leader Charlie Kirk. But they weren’t singing to honor Kirk. They sang to mock him and celebrate that he had been murdered on a university campus on September 10, 2025.
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One Nation Under Marx?
Remarks from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson offer a stark warning about why socialism and Marxism threaten America’s foundational principles.
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Suffer the Little Children
There was a big celebration in the office of the Governor of Massachusetts recently. Above is a photo of the event. Over a dozen very happy ladies stand around the desk of Governor Maura Healey for a bill-signing ceremony. From the smiles and applause, it appears the new law must be a great thing for Massachusetts and particularly for women. Perhaps it was tax relief for working families or a new law to protect women’s sports. I should have known better. It was a new death-sentence law aimed at more defenseless unborn babies.
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Everyday Heroes Who Are Making a Difference at College of the Ozarks and Beyond, Part 2
Universities have become breeding grounds for radical ideas, turning students against their own country and Christian faith.
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Socialism’s War on Family and Faith
What will the impact be on faith, family, and freedom, as well as our economy, if the popularity of socialism continues to grow during this important election year? Socialists are virtually guaranteed to become mayors of multiple major US cities because they won their primaries. They are also on course to win multiple House and Senate seats running as Democrats. This is a shocking development.
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Everyday Heroes Who Are Making a Difference at College of the Ozarks and Beyond, Part 1
Too many parents send their child off to college only to see a stranger return home who rejects everything he or she had been taught.
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What Would Dr. Dobson Do?
Gary Bauer discusses how Dr. Dobson’s teachings can help us understand how Christians should respond to the challenges facing our country today.
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Our Children Are Still at Risk
Way back in 1990, Dr. James Dobson and I wrote a book called, "Children At Risk: Winning the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Your Children." Generally speaking, people on the cultural and political left hated the book. Most Christians loved it. But even in the church there were critics who accused Dr. Dobson and me of being “alarmist” and unduly confrontational. They were wrong.