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We are nearing the middle of January 2022, and yet we are still asking the question: will my kids be going to school today? If they are in Chicago or the other big city schools, that has for the most part been no, in what we all are hoping is a better year than last. The Chicago Teachers Union demanding only remote teaching is just the latest example of why students are not in the classroom, getting the education that they are told is utmost priority. In reality, selfish adults looking out for selfish adults is paramount priority, and that includes the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

On this episode of the “Dr. Duke Show” we have something very special planned for you. Dr. Duke and Katie unveil their awards for The Best & Worst Of America's Public Schools In 2021. Cue the music.

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🚨On this episode of the “Dr. Duke Show” we start with yet another example of alphabet people run amok, as a preschool teacher released a video bragging about how she loves teaching 3 and 4-year-olds about sexuality and pronouns.

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On this episode of the “Dr. Duke Show” we start in the Windy City, where public school teachers in Chicago and their union have forced nearly 300,000 children to stay home, simply because they don't want to show up for work like other educators across country.

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On this episode of the “Dr. Duke Show” we start in Minnesota, where an area school board voted to pay BIPOC teachers—and only BIPOC teachers—extra money to mentor other BIPOC teachers. White teachers need not apply.

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The page has been turned on the year that was 2021. While not everyone had an awful year, those in the federal government and media certainly did not bring joy and happiness to pretty much anyone. So while 2022 has kicked off, it is important to remember that the hypocrisy is alive and thriving already. That is why the pinnacle left that is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can find herself in Florida, maskless and sipping margaritas, while her constituents in New York City are on lockdown with record-setting numbers of the thing that we cannot name. In addition, according to AOC, Republican men are projecting some “sexual frustrations” onto her.

We wrap up our series with a fond look at Snoopy, the larger than life beagle with delusions of grandeur and no ego boundaries. Possessing the pathos of Charlie Brown without the suffering, the impetuosity of Lucy without the rage, and the depth of Linus without the meekness, Snoopy is the strip’s outlet for untrammeled exuberance and the limitless potential of human ingenuity. He embodies the force of imagination that drives faith, the creative power that makes us most like our Creator, and the bonds of hope and goodwill that bind us to all other creatures under heaven.

Van Pelts ahoy! Linus, the gentle thinker and existential philosopher, is always there to comfort Chuck with a bit of wisdom or a snippet of scripture, his ubiquitous blanket and trusty thumb a ready panacea for the anxieties and injustices of this world. On the opposite pole is fuss-budget sister Lucy: crabby, quick to anger, and prone to serving up sarcastic retorts and the odd knuckle sandwich. Lucy exasperates all she encounters and serves as the pragmatic and worldly opposite to both the wishy-washy Charlie Brown and the pacifist dreamer Linus.

We focus exclusively on Charlie Brown, the strip’s “everyman,” the long-suffering, lovable loser with a heart of gold and the resilience of Job. Always the straight man, never the winning pitcher, perpetually unable to kick that football, the recipient of no valentines, and the patient victim of unrequited love for the little red-haired girl, Good Ol’ Charlie Brown is always ready with a crooked smile to mask his broken heart, and the eternal optimism that comes from faith in things and ideas bigger than himself.

We take a fresh look at old friends, going all the way back to Li’l Folks, the strip Schulz drew from 1947-50. Weaving elements of Schulz’s biography and his theological and spiritual witness with a discussion of his timeless characters and themes, we span close to six decades of artistic achievement. Along the way, we see his beloved Peanuts gang evolve before our eyes, both reflecting and shaping the times.