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Crystal Richter retweeted
Orwell's great observation in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was that to shrink a person's vocabulary is to shrink his capacity to think.
An impoverished version of English removes the mental tools needed to formulate and communicate complex (and dissenting) ideas. Such is the deep, complex relationship between language and thought.
We don't read "difficult books" to say that we've read difficult books. We read them because they expand the boundaries of what we are capable of thinking and feeling — we ascend to their level. Vocabulary helps us to recognize truths otherwise beyond our grasp.
This revelation is worse than you may think. This must be reversed.
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT.
It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher...
Vocabulary has collapsed.
Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab.
New SAT: 15%.
The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context.
Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340).
The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it.
This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means.
If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these.
If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now.
This cannot go on.
Crystal Richter retweeted
Congratulations 🎉 to 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ @KaceyJaton on her offer from @USFCougarsWBB‼️
Kacey EARNS another offer from the nearby University of Sioux Falls!! Look for Kacey to have a big year for her West Central High School squad!!
#SanfordSports | #StrongerTogether
After a great visit and conversation with @coach_trap I’m excited to announce I’ve received an offer from @USFCougarsWBB thank you for the opportunity!
@sanfordhoops_sf
Crystal Richter retweeted
Congratulations 🎉 to 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣8️⃣ Ava Ruml on her offer from @BSUBeaversWBB‼️
Ava brings size, physicality, and a workers mentality!! She has poured a ton of time into developing her game and the fruits of that labor is being seen!!
#SanfordSports | #StrongerTogether
Crystal Richter retweeted
Evil will always seek to destroy beauty because beauty is proof of objective standards and universal Truth.
"Beauty is the archenemy of mediocrity." — Dietrich von Hildebrand.
Crystal Richter retweeted
🇺🇸 HERO! The armed man who RAN AFTER and NEUTRALIZED the Bend, OR elementary school shooter has been identified as Kaylub Giamanco, his brother tells NBC
This man should receive the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM!
Kaylub was reportedly driving by the school on his lunch break when he saw the gunman enter the school, deciding to bolt after him and take him down before police were anywhere close.
This private citizen risked his life to save other people’s kids. Just incredible. Very American.
Crystal Richter retweeted
A HUGE S/O to all these young ladies that are still chasing their passion at the NEXT LEVEL 🏀🔥‼️
Over the next few weeks, 5️⃣0️⃣ of our #SanfordFam alumni will tip off their college basketball seasons!
We are proud of every one of you. Now go live your dreams!!
#SanfordSports
Crystal Richter retweeted
Celebrating a life that touched every single one of ours.
Happy birthday, Charlie ❤️
Crystal Richter retweeted
Tonight in Washington state, nearly half the Camas High School girls cross country team refused to compete against a boy on their own team.
He switched from the boys' team just one month ago.
Now he's placing in every meet.
Courage always wins.
@xx_xyathletics
Footage: @KnownHeretic
Crystal Richter retweeted
After a good visit and talk with @CoachK_NSU I’m excited to announce that I’ve received an offer from @nsuwolves_wbb thanks for the opportunity!
@sanfordhoops_sf
Crystal Richter retweeted
The same arguments used by a culture that has normalized dehumanizing and then killing precious babies in the womb will inevitably be used to justify the killing of human beings outside the womb.
When the value of human life becomes contingent on size, development, ability, independence, or someone else’s assessment of its quality, there’s no principled moral reason for that abhorrent standard to end at birth.
My Grandmother (one of my favorite people in the whole world) needed oxygen and multiple medications to sustain her life for the last decade she was with us. She was deeply dependent and vulnerable, but she was no less valuable because of it.
No size, stage of development, disability, or degree of dependency determines the value of a human life. It’s INTRINSIC.
This was murder!
If our civilization is to endure, we have to repent of this and reject this satanic idea that human life can be disposable!
The Netherlands has 'aborted' a 2-year-old baby, just one year after the country legalized euthanasia for children under 12.
In 2025, 10,341 people in the Netherlands were euthanized, up nearly 4% from the year before.
According to the Assessment Committee for Late Termination of Pregnancy and Termination of Life in Newborns and Children Aged 1 to 12 Years, the baby had "both mental and physical" disabilities, so they decided it was best to kill the child.
"The child had multiple, very severe disabilities, both mental and physical, and the prognosis was that the child would be dependent on support with all activities of daily living for the rest of their life."
After getting consent from the child's parents, the baby was killed.
Horrific.
Crystal Richter retweeted
“The most important thing is sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ every single day. The second most important thing is making sure you can do the first thing.”
My husband dedicated his life to protecting the freedoms given to us by our Creator and ensured by our Founders.
I’ll forever be inspired by the wisdom in his words. I pray they inspire you too, not simply to cherish the freedoms we’ve inherited, but to defend them so our children and their children inherit them too.
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Crystal Richter retweeted
The Senate is throwing massive parties for a dog’s birthday while refusing to pass the save america act
Look at the resources that went into this taxpayer funded event for a senator’s dog
So out of touch
We just want voter id laws and secure elections
Crystal Richter retweeted
Very interesting phenomenon: Almost every pastor I know (from all parts of the country) are experiencing 2 things at the same time right now…
1) More salvation, more baptism, greater attendance than ever before.
2) More attack, more opposition, more viciousness (both online and in-person) than ever before.
All kinds of pastors from all different denominational backgrounds, all different church sizes, and all different regions.
Pray for your pastor.
Crystal Richter retweeted
After a great visit, I’m so grateful to receive an offer from Northwest Missouri State! Thank you @nw_ameyer for this opportunity!!
@nwbearcatwbb
@ssahoopsteams
Crystal Richter retweeted
This is not acceptable. This is humiliating for the country. I don’t know what needs to be done, but we have to stop this.
The senate is not hospice.
Crystal Richter retweeted
Charlie once said we should be building two statues for every statue that they tear down. His instinct was always to build, not to destroy.
They thought a bullet would silence my husband’s voice but it only made it louder. They think spray paint can obscure his legacy, but it will only spread it further. Every attempt to tear down what Charlie built makes us root deeper and work even harder.
And if you think crossing out the name of Jesus Christ will silence Christians, history has already proved you wrong. We know what it costs to stand firm for Christ and we will stand anyway. God will not be mocked.
We’ll put His name right back where it belongs, clean up the mess, restore Charlie's statue, and keep building.
We will never give up and never surrender.
We will restore the statue and replace the signs, but we are also reviewing the footage of the incident and are working with law enforcement to identify who did this and hold them accountable.
But vandalism like this is not funny, it’s diabolical. The incident happened in the middle of the night because evil never sleeps. Beyond spray painting on the neck and face, they made the intentional decision to cross out the name of Jesus on a nearby sign.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.”
John 15:18
