From fajita robbery to lynching memorials to teacher strikes, this past week had a little bitta everything.  Here are some stories that came across our desk…

Too risky: Penn State cancels student outing club, citing fears that students might get hurt. At MC.

Hard time: Man gets 50 years for stealing $1.2 million in …. fajitas. At USAT.

Left? Right? Dollars? Sense?

Teachers take to the streets:

• Teacher strikes go west:
  • Colorado’s teachers shut down ten districts, at Denver 7.
  • Arizona’s teachers walk out, at PNT.
• Teachers put the GOP in a tight spot, Paul Krugman at NYT. HT: HD.
• Why all the strikes? Rick Hess dishes blame and offers a market-friendly solution, at RCP.
• Pedro Noguera offers an optimistic view from the left, at The Nation.
• It’s about more than money, says curmudgucrat Peter Greene.
• If we want to make sense of the strikes, we have to watch out for distracting stereotypes, here at ILYBYGTH.

Pietist Schoolman Chris Gehrz wonders: Did evangelicals kidnap the name “evangelical?” At AB.

White evangelicals are playing with fire, at The Atlantic.

• “But by tying themselves to the Trump brand, white evangelicals risk their movement’s ability to grow.”

Forget stem-cell research and creationism. The real war on science comes from the left, says John Tierney of City Journal. HT: MM.

Ugly truths: Lynching memorial opens in Montgomery, at NPR.

• Why didn’t this news generate more culture-war commentary? Here at ILYBYGTH.