Everett Piper
Columns by Everett Piper
Why parents are abandoning public schools — by the millions
If you've ever wondered why so many hardworking families are making considerable financial sacrifices to enroll their children in private education instead, consider three recent headline stories. Published September 7, 2025
Devastating consequences of abandoning truth
As a university president, I had a front-row seat as I watched hundreds of students descend onto my campus every year. Published August 31, 2025
Teaching schoolchildren what it means to be an American
Last week, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma superintendent for public instruction, made news for announcing that his state's teacher candidates will now be required to pass an "America First" test. Published August 24, 2025
Shun ‘pastors’ like John Pavlovitz
On Aug. 2, John Pavlovitz, a man who describes himself as "a writer, pastor, and activist from Wake Forest, North Carolina," posted an essay on Substack that went viral from coast to coast. Published August 17, 2025
America needs real dads
Last month, it was a woman named Holly who was punched in the face and left unconscious in downtown Cincinnati. Published August 10, 2025
Time for conservatives to kick antisemites out
All Republicans, i.e., all true constitutional conservatives, should be quick to condemn hatred of the Jewish people. Published August 3, 2025
Idaho mom Cara Northington forgives her daughter’s murderer
Last week, Cara Northington, the mother of one of the University of Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, made headline news for three simple words: I forgive you. Published July 27, 2025
Chip Gaines judges everyone but himself for judging
Chip and Joanna Gaines of Magnolia Network fame will proudly feature a "family" of two "married" men and the men's young, surrogacy-purchased boys in an upcoming episode of their show. Published July 20, 2025
Baylor doubles down on LGBTQ inclusion
Baylor University recently announced the receipt of a $640,000 grant from the Baugh Foundation to pursue "LGBTQ inclusivity" on its campus. Published July 13, 2025
Baylor affirms LGBTQ inclusivity
Last week, Baylor University announced that it had received a grant of approximately $700,000 from the Baugh Foundation to promote LGBTQ inclusivity on its campus. Published July 6, 2025
Does NYC want a communist mayor?
In 1924, G.K. Chesterton wrote, "Why is it that for the last two or three centuries, the educated have been generally wrong and the uneducated relatively right?" Published June 29, 2025
The billionaires behind the ‘No Kings’ riots
If you watched the recent "No Kings" riots with a lingering sense of deja vu, together with a haunting feeling that the "fox is in the henhouse," you had good reason. Published June 22, 2025
From personhood to sexual preference: How modern labels dehumanize us
Last week in this column, I argued that if we truly respect our neighbors, we should stop using all of the LGBTQ labels that have become endemic to the month of June and its corresponding celebration of "pride." Published June 15, 2025
Dear Christians: Please stop calling people gay
Men and women can be defined by their savior rather than their sins. Published June 8, 2025
The ‘gospel of pride’ Is not the Gospel of Christ
It's June, and it's that wonderful time of year when liberal pastors and priests across the country take to their pulpits to declare that conservative Christians are bigots. Published June 1, 2025
Psychological projection playbook: How elites blame you for what they do
As Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the snake, and the snake then blamed God himself, so, too, do today's establishment elites continue to accuse everyone but themselves of the very things they do with impunity. Published May 25, 2025
Pride Month and the fascism of identity politics
In the 1970s, Ronald Reagan warned that "If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." Published May 18, 2025
How to fix America’s schools: Let teachers teach
On March 20, President Trump signed an executive order to begin shutting down several functions of the Department of Education. Everyone should ignore the frantic reaction of the establishment media. Defunding our nation's educational bureaucracy is one of the best decisions the Trump administration has made. Here's why. Published May 11, 2025
MAGA doesn’t need more RINOs
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of St. Isidore v. Drummond. Published May 4, 2025
Democrats’ weird fixation on sex is making our children sick
The Supreme Court heard last week from attorneys arguing in favor of teaching prekindergarten children as young as 3 the virtues of, in the words of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, "leather, bondage, sex work and drag queens." Published April 27, 2025
