EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Stephen Moore.

Rumors are the president of Ukraine has bought a mansion in Egypt. One has to wonder also how much of the “unaccounted for” money the U.S. has passed on to Ukraine has found its way to offshore banks. Our debt just keeps growing!

The truth has been politicized in America, and this is absolutely a war against the public good. Something is either true or it isn’t, and whether that truth helps or hurts someone politically should play no part in the decision to make accurate information available to the public.

The brazenness of the deceit we are witnessing every single day is not only mind-boggling; it is dangerous. The emergence of yet another variant of the COVID-19 virus is raising the specter of masks, social distancing and lockdowns again.

There were 436,465 American high school boys who played soccer in the 2021-2022 school year and 481,004 who played baseball. More than half a million -- 521,616 to be precise -- played basketball, while 569,262 competed in track and field.

Most of our schools teach almost nothing of importance, and nothing is more important than the study of good and evil. In the United States today, nearly all schools -- from elementary through graduate -- concentrate on teaching about racism, sexism, preferred pronouns, homophobia, transphobia, LGBTQIA+, climate change, diversity, equity, inclusiveness and white guilt. In other words, most of our educational institutions do not educate.

This is the time of year when millions of young Americans head off to college, including my own daughter. In the spirit of maternal love and concern, I wanted to offer a bit of wisdom to them, based on my observations and personal experience.

I can only speak from my own discoveries. Sunday is the beginning of every work week.

I am writing this column on a beautiful, sunny day in Southern California. It is a Monday in mid-August, so it is not a national holiday, yet in Los Angeles County, where I live, all the schools and all government offices are closed. Why?

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent Vermont) recently launched his latest bid to ban private health insurance and force all Americans into a government-run health plan.