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The standard being used to criticize Luke Rosiak and the conservative outlets that amplified his story could take down pretty much any piece of investigative reporting.Contrarian writers are attacking conservative media with a giant straw man, claiming right-of-center outlets gave misleading treatment to the story of a horrifying rape in Loudoun County Public Schools. It’s true that conservative media is a small, scrappy bunch of outlets with comparatively limited resources—especially for the kind of investigative journalism Luke Rosiak did in this case—so I entered the debate with a pretty open mind.The story holds up just fine. It’s the critics who...

The superintendent of the City Schools of Decatur, a district of metropolitan Atlanta, secretly instituted a gender identity policy in 2016 allowing students of both sexes to enter any bathroom they chose. In November 2017, a kindergarten girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in her Decatur school bathroom by a boy who was allowed to be there because of that policy. After reporting the assault to district officials but getting little response, the girl’s mother, Pascha Thomas, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR’s recently released findings illustrate the dangers and deception inherent...

In a press conference with Gov. Greg Abbott and newly-elected Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the controversial "bathroom bill" brought up in the last Texas Legislative session will not resurface. "When you win the battle, you don't have to fight the battle again," Patrick said when asked if the bill would be on this year's agenda. "The truth is, the purpose of that legislation was to stop school districts from forcing boys and girls to share showers and locker rooms, and that stopped," Patrick added... "The people have spoken, loudly and clearly