This is Molly Hemingway of the Federalist, inviting you to join me for the 2026 Issues, Etc, Making the Case Conference, Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago.

I'll be speaking and signing copies of my new book, Alito, the Justice who reshaped the Supreme Court and restored

the U.S. Constitution. Learn more at Issuesetc.org. Issuesetc.org.

The emperor has no clothes on. He's buck naked. That child had to speak the truth, no matter how it would make the king feel. And we have to do that today. We have to be very conscientious objectors to the madness that is gender ideology.

And most people default into this idea of feminism is this idea that men are contemptible,

which is, of course, the idea behind the smashing the patriarchy and women need to be just like them and have the same equality.

The Crusades were a very belated response to many centuries of Muslim conquests,

in which two-thirds of the old Christian world had already fallen to Muslim conquest.

And our faith is strong not because of the fervor of its affection but because of the object to which

it clings Christ and there is no stronger faith than a really timid grasping to the

suffering death and resurrection of Jesus. Families sailing on their family

vacation on lakes in Minnesota love issues, et cetera.

We love issues, et cetera.

There is a headline from the New York Times, a very interesting one indeed.

U.S. schools face a crisis as the number of children drops.

Now, there's no doubt about it.

The number of children has dropped, and that is a contributing factor to public schools declining enrollment.

But are there other factors?

Are parents, in fact, voting with their feet?

Greetings, and welcome to issues, et cetera, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. Tim Gagline will join us to talk about declining enrollment in public schools. We'll conclude our four-part series on the 19th century Lutheran Theologian and Missionary Friedrich Winneken with Dr. Ken Sherb.

And then we'll get an update on a lawsuit between Concordia University, Texas and the Lutheran

Church, Missouri Senate with Tom Halverson. He's written a column titled LCMS Persists in Asserting Federal

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