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Scott Walker is a columnist for the Washington Times. He was the 45th governor of Wisconsin and launched a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He lives in Milwaukee and is the proud owner of a 2003 Harley Davidson Road King. He can be reached at swalker@washingtontimes.com.

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FILE - Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House, Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. A Texas judge on Friday, March 11, 2022 blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbotts directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The transgender indoctrination in our nation’s schools

"IF YOUR PARENTS AREN'T ACCEPTING OF YOUR IDENTITY I'M YOUR MOM NOW," read a poster posted by a high school teacher in the Eau Claire Area School District. The sign has a mother bear with several cubs around her including one with the images of a gay pride and another with the images of a transgender pride flag. This is just one more example of how radical agendas are undermining parental rights and putting students at risk. Published March 18, 2022

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Biden’s state of denial address

Joe Biden gave a State of Denial address on Tuesday. Our people are strong, but the state of our Union is not. Published March 4, 2022

The four-day Conservative Political Action Conference — affectionately known as CPAC — is now on the calendar, set for Feb. 24-27 in Orlando, Fl. (Image courtesy of the American Conservative Union)

We need to be awake, not ‘woke’

This week, a Wisconsin state lawmaker falsely stated that law enforcement started out as a racist profession while speaking on the floor of the State Assembly. Published February 25, 2022

Students wearing masks board a school bus outside New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math school, in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York, Dec. 21, 2021. In a reversal, New York Mayor Eric Adams is considering a remote option for schools. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

2022 is the year of the parent

Parents should have primary responsibility for their children's education and their children's medical decisions. This should be a non-controversial statement, but radicals these days are trying to pry control away from parents all across the country. We must fight back. Published January 27, 2022

Illustration of Christmas and the Nativity by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The gift of salvation through Jesus

My mother collects Nativity sets from all over the world. I was helping her out the other day and stopped to look at each collection. Published December 23, 2021

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin sits during his talk with U.S. President Joe Biden via video conference in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Dec. 7, 2021. Biden warned Putin that Moscow would face "economic consequences like you've never seen" if it invades Ukraine, although he noted that Washington would not deploy its military forces there. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Bumbling Joe Biden’s foreign policy disasters

Robert Gates was right. In his book titled, "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War," the former Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama said that President Joe Biden has "been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades." Published December 10, 2021

Anti-abortion healthcare workers, wearing doctors uniforms, pray together in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The miracle of life

Babies are amazing. We have a new grand nephew in our family. He was born a few weeks early at 6 pounds and two ounces. He has a full head of dark hair. He is healthy and growing and talking. And he is beautiful. Published December 4, 2021

Rittenhouse Trial Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Lawlessness led to Rittenhouse trial

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers called up 500 members of the Wisconsin National Guard last week as a precaution for reaction to the outcome of the Kyle Rittenhouse case. Published November 18, 2021

Illustration on Veterans Day by Alexander Hunter/The Washington times

We live in the land of the free, because of the brave

We live in the land of the free because of the brave. The students, staff, and parents at Christian Life School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, reminded me of that again the other day. Published November 11, 2021