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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

"[I]f you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America, federal, state, and local agencies will investigate you, summon you, close you down, whatever.  But if you provide a child with a rotten education, nothing happens, except that you're liable to be given more money to do it with."

--Ronald Reagan

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924)

 

A candidate needs four hats: one to cover his head, another to throw into the ring, a third to pass around, and finally one to talk through.

— Phillip's Treasury of Humorous Quotations

Finally A Chance To Help Students With Learning Disabilities in Kentucky       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano

If you have a child with learning disabilities, you are probably familiar with the bureaucracy and red tape that is involved in trying to obtain a good education for that child within the public school system.  I remember those days, as my daughter was rapidly changing from a happy child to one who cried every day, and I was struggling to deal with her and the school at the same time.  It was almost overwhelming.  That was many years ago, and yet I still found myself getting choked up as I tried to describe my experience to a group this past week.  That group is trying to offer a new opportunity to families whose children have learning disabilities – the ability to spend their state education dollars anywhere they choose.              (click to read more)

No more free passes for Kentucky senators        By Caleb O. Brown

Like a merry band of mad hatters, the Kentucky Senate has turned the act of not voting into a vote itself.

Rather than voting “yea” or “nay” or deciding not to vote altogether – the reasonable choices available to lawmakers on the floor of the House – the Kentucky Senate has created a fourth option known as “voting a pass.” This practice allows ambivalent lawmakers to avoid casting their lots with one side or another on important legislation while also not being considered as officially missing those votes.            (click to read more)

Smearing education choice        By John Stossel

This month, papers all around America reported that according to the U.S. Department of Education, “children in public schools generally performed as well or better in reading and mathematics than comparable children in private schools.”

The New York Times put the study on its front page, along with a quote from teachers union president Reg Weaver, who claimed it showed “public schools were doing an outstanding job.”            (click to read more)

Totalitarianism in Louisville         By Reeze Brighton

I specialize in the study of totalitarianism, especially, though not only, the communist variety. I find the subject fascinating, but I never for a moment imagined that any expertise gained in this field would prove relevant to American life.

Sad to say, it has turned out to be the most valuable subject I could have studied. The totalitarian temptation is not confined to Nazis and communists; it can rear its head in any society and gradually destroy it.             (click to read more)

Education        By Don Heavrin

In an article in the August 21, 2006 Jefferson Review, Bob Williams talked about whether Warren Buffet’s $30 billion contribution to The Gate’s Foundation would improve education. Mr. Williams’s article was informative, but unfortunately silent on the crucial issue. Mr. Williams states the educational system, " . . . does not respond to parents, students and teachers, but to politicians, interest groups and union officials." What Union? Is he afraid to say the Teachers’ Unions have ruined the educational system in the United States? It has, and it will continue to ruin the system until somebody steps up and says, ‘Enough!’ As desirable as that alternative is, it is highly unlikely to occur. Incompetents will always find a way to perpetuate themselves. Therefore, the issue becomes: more buildings, more lighting, more equipment, more books, but never better teachers. In order for a system of public education to survive, schools have to be set up so the principal of the school can hire and fire his/her staff.             (click to read more)

Faith and Political Paralysis          By Gordon Francis Corbett

Faith is the conscious or subconscious refusal to think critically about specific subjects in anticipation of some kind of benefit.  In Hollywood, a close cousin of faith is known as "suspension of disbelief."

When watching a movie, suspension of disbelief is wonderful;  but failure to think critically about a candidate or his platform is folly.  When a candidate seems to model a voter's philosophy, the voter may cease judging him critically.  For practical purposes, he may forget that the fellow is a politician.            (click to read more)

The richest country in history          By David Schlosser, candidate for U.S. Congress

http://www.schlosserforcongress.com/media-press/op-ed/060830_The_richest_country.php

For today’s political rulers, the greatest thing about being in Congress is the opportunity to spend other people’s money.  And the greatest thing about running for Congress is the opportunity to tell everyone how they’re going to spend other people’s money.

Speaking to teachers?  More Federal money for smaller classes.  Speaking to principals?  More Federal money for transporting special education students.  Speaking to nurses?  More funding for medical care.  Speaking to doctors?  Higher Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.            (click to read more)

"Somehow, despite contrary facts that are palpably clear in the historic record, [American and European leaders] have managed to convince themselves and the world that the most terrible wars of the 20th century occurred because nations didn't do enough talking to resolve their differences [when in] fact, they occurred because shortsighted, peace-minded leaders allow[ed] good intentions and wishful thinking to take the place of an accurate assessment of the identity and intentions of their adversaries." ---Alan Keyes

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