Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Matt Walsh cancels college speech over ‘serious security concerns’ after Nashville shooting
Conservative pundit Matt Walsh, a leading critic of the gender-identity movement, said he canceled a speech after receiving threats against himself and his family following the deadly shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. Published March 30, 2023
Transgender activists’ victimhood theme takes hit with ill-timed ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’
Organizers of a Trans Day of Vengeance protest are being pilloried in the wake of the deadly Christian school shooting, accused of startling callousness as the increasingly aggressive tone of activists threatens to upend the narrative that they're victims, not victimizers. Published March 30, 2023
Twitter’s muting of ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ tweets in wake of school shooting irks right, left
Twitter erased thousands of tweets about Trans Day of Vengeance over concerns about violence, which annoyed radical transgender activists and conservatives. Published March 30, 2023
Proposed costs of reparations keep rising, with doubts about legality of race-based payments
A California task force is on track to recommend a reparations package worth as much as $800 billion to compensate Black residents, but whether such a payout would pass judicial muster is another question. Published March 29, 2023
Arizona governor’s spokeswoman resigns after post-shooting tweet ripping ‘transphobes’
The press secretary for Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs resigned after tweeting an image of a gun-toting woman hours after the deadly Nashville shooting with the caption: "Us when we see transphobes." Published March 29, 2023
Press secretary for Arizona’s Democratic governor tweets gun-toting image ripping ‘transphobes’
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' press secretary ignited an uproar with a tweet blasting "transphobes" with an image of an armed woman, an image posted the same day that six students and staff at a Christian school were killed by a transgender shooter. Published March 28, 2023
Suspect in firebombing of Wisconsin pro-life group nabbed at airport before overseas flight
A Wisconsin man was charged Tuesday in the firebombing of a pro-life organization attacked a week after the leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The suspect was apprehended at an airport before he could board a flight to Guatemala. Published March 28, 2023
Media outlets backpedal after being accused of ‘misgendering’ school shooter
A squabble over "misgendering" offered a surreal sideline to the horrific Nashville Christian school massacre as activists called out news outlets scrambling to keep up with the suspect's preferred pronouns. Published March 28, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joins red-state stampede with universal school choice bill
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday a sweeping universal school-choice bill, the latest red state to enact legislation allowing state education dollars to follow the child in what he described as the largest expansion of education choice in U.S. history. Published March 27, 2023
USA Today defends ‘Women of the Year’ honors for transgender legislator Leigh Finke
USA Today stood by its decision to honor male-born legislator Leigh Finke as one of its 2023 Women of the Year as critics on the right decried the move as the latest example of male-to-female transgender individuals usurping awards intended for girls and women. Published March 25, 2023
Bans on biological males competing in girls’ sports now sweeping the nation
The most recent law makes Wyoming the 19th state to approve legislation preventing biological males from playing female sports based on gender identity, an issue that has gained steam as male-born athletes like former collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas win women's sports titles. Published March 25, 2023
Judge delivers lecture on free speech at Notre Dame after Stanford shutdown
Judge Kyle Duncan of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a lecture Friday at the University of Notre Dame about free speech and legal education without being heckled or shouted down, a dramatic departure from his experience two weeks earlier at Stanford Law School. Published March 24, 2023
World Athletics bars post-pubescent biological males from female track-and-field contests
World Athletics, the track-and-field governing body, banned athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's elite events, saying it had decided to prioritize "fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion." Published March 23, 2023
Conservative authors take on wave of pro-transgender children’s books with ‘She is She’
There is no shortage of pro-transgender books for kids on library shelves, which is one reason that conservative activists Ryan and Bethany Bomberger decided to write a book of their own. Published March 23, 2023
Stanford Law won’t discipline student protesters, but puts diversity dean on leave
Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez announced Wednesday that the diversity dean who scolded a federal judge during a protest melee is now on leave, but that the left-wing student activists who shouted down the judge will not be disciplined. Published March 22, 2023
Newsmax reaches deal to return to DirecTV after getting the boot for two months
Newsmax will return to DirecTV after the companies announced a deal to resolve a bitter dispute over carriage fees led to the popular conservative news channel being dumped for two months. Published March 22, 2023
Republican women not feeling the love during Women’s History Month
Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders became the first women to serve as governors of their states this year, but only one of them was honored this month by USA Today -- and it wasn't Mrs. Sanders. Published March 22, 2023
Leigh Finke, transgender legislator, wins USA Today 2023 ‘Women of the Year’ honors
A year after naming Rachel Levine as one of its "Women of the Year," USA Today has once again honored someone who wasn't always a woman. Published March 21, 2023
Judge Duncan to speak at Notre Dame after being shouted down at Stanford
U.S. District Judge Kyle Duncan hasn't given up on speaking at universities despite being jeered and shouted down by left-wing student activists at Stanford Law School. Published March 21, 2023
Trans student urges Supreme Court to keep block on West Virginia’s girls’ sports law
Attorneys for a 12-year-old biological male who competes on a girls' track team asked the Supreme Court Monday to keep on hold West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act, dismissing the state's request for an emergency ruling as an overreaction. Published March 20, 2023
