"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

Identity Politics and the Reparations Debate

By Carole Hornsby Haynes September 30, 2022   Published by American Thinker

The summer royal tour of the Caribbean and the death of Queen Elizabeth have provoked debates about the participation of Britain in the transatlantic slave trade. Following the queen’s funeral on September 19, CNN host Don Lemon, in an interview with royal commentator Hilary Fordwich, suggested the United Kingdom should pay reparations for colonialism.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Did Not End Slavery, Led to Cancel Culture and Black Lives Matter

By Carole Hornsby Haynes   September 21, 2022

On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an executive order that led the way to cancel culture, Black Lives Matter and "white guilt." The order stated:

"That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...."

Lincoln Was As Guilty As King George III

By Carole Hornsby Haynes July 6, 2022 

July 4th is supposed to be a celebration of the principles in the Declaration of Independence and our secession from the British Empire. Yet every one of its main principles were repudiated by Lincoln with his words and, and more importantly, his actions. Contrary to revisionist history, Lincoln was as guilty as King George III of committing atrocities against Americans. In his commentary, “Lincoln’s Repudiation of the Declaration of Independence,” Thomas Di Lorenzo shows the similarity of the “train of abuses” by King George III with those numerous abuses of Lincoln. 

Why the Enemies of Western Civilization Hated Queen Elizabeth 

By Carole Hornsby Haynes September 22, 2022   Published by American Thinker

I began watching the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at 4:00 a.m. It was an event filled with emotion and so many traditions from Western Civilization over the centuries. It was also a poignant reminder that, with the death of the queen, we have lost one of our last connections to that great civilization that gave us law, order, general liberty, culture, and our Christian heritage.

Playing the Piano Makes Your Child Smarter and Mentally Healthier

By Carole Hornsby Haynes July 15, 2022

Trillions of taxpayers dollars have been spent on public education yet American workers are the least well educated in the industrialized world.  Advocates for universal pre-K claim we can make kids smarter by sending them to structured classes almost before they’re potty trained.  Decades of studies show otherwise.  The mental health crisis among students continues to worsen despite the primary focus of public education on social and emotional earning.

Here’s a superior solution for developing cognitive skills and a healthy mental attitude: playing the piano.

July 4^th and America’s History of Secession

by Carole Hornsby Haynes July 3, 2022 

The American flag waves proudly across American as we celebrate the July 4, 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain. The document listed 27 reasons why the colonists declared independence. 

Those who know unrevised Southern history will see parallels in secession from England, secession of the South from the United States, and the current secession movement among red and blue states.