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“[State controlled] education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” – Joseph Stalin

“… a control over a man’s subsistence is a control over his will.”

– Alexander Hamilton

Idealism In The Real World          By Theresa Fritz Camoriano           Idealism is a wonderful thing, but the world is not an ideal place.  Instead, it is full of flawed people and flawed institutions.  In a few days, we will have an election in which all the candidates will be flawed people.  We all wish we had better choices, but we don’t.  In the case of the Presidential race, either George Bush or John Kerry will be elected.  If we don’t think one of those candidates is better than the other and we don’t care which one wins, then it doesn’t matter if we sit out the election or vote for a third party candidate.               (click to read more)

What Bush Believes        By Dr. Paul Kengor*           The influence of President Bush's faith on his foreign policy has been greatly exaggerated by both friends and foes. Enthusiasts proudly call the president's foreign policy "faith based." Detractors angrily assert that the president invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein because he felt God called on him to do so.                (click to read more)

SCHOOL CHOICE: Making crooked paths straight    “In the department of economy, an act … gives birth not to an effect, but a series of effects,” write French economist and philosopher Frederic Bastiat. Nowhere is this more obvious than in public education.                (click to read more)

Extraordinary Forgotten Report on Iraqi Terrorism         by Dr. Paul Kengor*           The Bush administration’s twin pillars for going to war in Iraq were weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. Critics have seized upon the lack of WMD stockpiles as a means to de-legitimize the war. Yet, in their zealousness to discredit the entire Bush effort, they’ve also claimed that Iraq didn’t sponsor terrorism. This is a wild assertion; the reality is that there’s no question whatsoever that terrorists were harbored in Iraq and operated there openly, usually with support from Saddam’s regime, and did so prior to the coalition invasion in 2003, prior to September 11, and throughout the 1990s.               (click to read more)

THE FAT POLICE HAVE LANDED.         by Terry Gray           The rules of freedom are our self defense, and when the battle lines are drawn over the methods and tools of freedom we are no longer fighting for freedom; we are fighting for the right to fight for our freedom.  T.G.               (click to read more)

REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT: Private prisons respond quicker, cost less  Critics point to a recent riot at the private Lee Adjustment Center near Beattyville as proof that privatizing prisons is unsound policy. But Kentucky Corrections Commissioner John Rees says the way the incident was handled actually shows the benefit of privately run facilities.           (click to read more)

Government grabbing homes – who'll be next?         by Henry Lamb        Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home – unless the government wants it.

Until 1954, a man's home was his castle, where no one could enter without an invitation or a warrant. Then, under the watchful eye of the U.S. Congress, the city of Washington, D.C., decided to exercise eminent domain to take land from poor blacks to redevelop a blighted area. The action was upheld by the Supreme Court [Berman vs. Parker (1954)].                (click to read more)

Partisanship, Influence, and the Council on Foreign Relations            By Gordon Francis Corbett          Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines "partisan" as, "a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person."  The Founding Fathers feared partisanship, and were right to do so.                (click to read more)

UPDATE  BEACH CLEAN-UP/IGNORE THE KIDS        By Terry Gray        Remember a couple of weeks back when I told you the story about cigarette butts on beaches in California and the massive cleanup efforts there?  The motivation for the liberal press to do the story was to ban smoking from beaches.               (click to read more)

The Victorian and the Modern        By Gordon Francis Corbett           Some people praise Victorian styles, denounce their modern replacements, and ignore the fact that each has its good points.

    Architectural modernism is based on Louis Sullivan's idea that "form follows function":  that a building's purpose should determine its shape.  That precept kept his buildings' shapes from being traditional.               (click to read more)

Maybe, Maybe Not: Assorted Thoughts on the Coming Election        By Jonathan David Morris          Believe it or not, I don’t know if I’m going to vote this year. It’s true. Election Day is November 2nd and I still have no idea what I’m going to do. You would think someone such as myself, who happens to write a column on politics, would have it all figured out by now. But if you thought that, you would be wrong. I’m an undecided voter in a battleground state; I’m everything the candidates like, except for the fact that I don’t like the candidates. With the big day coming up strong now, I’m thinking I might stay home.                (click to read more)

Silence Dogood, No. 12 (Ben Franklin on drunkenness)  Quod est in cordi sobrii, est in ore ebrii.   

To the author of the New England Courant.

SIR,

It is no unprofitable tho' unpleasant Pursuit, diligently to inspect and consider the Manners & Conversation of Men, who, insensible of the greatest Enjoyments of humane Life, abandon themselves to Vice from a false Notion of Pleasure and good Fellowship. A true and natural Representation of any Enormity, is often the best Argument against it and Means of removing it, when the most severe Reprehensions alone, are found ineffectual.                (click to read more)

"A lot of Reagan conservatives are threatening to cut off their noses to spite their faces.  They think that because President Bush hasn't done every single thing they want, or has done some things they didn't want, they should punish him by staying home on Election Day or voting for some third party candidate who hasn't got a chance to win in November.  It should be obvious to them that they will therefore help elect the Kerry-Edwards team that will do nothing they want and everything they don't.  Somehow this idiocy seems to make sense to them -- dump a conservative president for a pair of socialists who, given four years in the White House, will wreck this country's economy and in the process probably lose the War on Terrorism, as well.  What bothers me is the insistence of these dissident conservatives that they are devoted to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, who understood the truth of the old adage, 'Politics is the art of the possible.'  In other words, you get what you can and wait for a chance to get the rest.

These people think that if they don't get everything they want they are willing to accept nothing, but that's not what my father stood for.  My father would say, 'If I can get 80 percent, or 60 percent, or 50 percent of what I'm looking for, I'll take that and I'll go back later on for the rest of it'."

--Michael Reagan

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