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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)

 

"Nations are like men in that they prefer a fuss made in their behalf to real services rendered." Although de Tocqueville said this back in the 19th century, it may help explain why the black vote today is so overwhelmingly for the Democrats, when Democrats have done so little good for blacks and so much harm. – Thomas Sowell

A False Sense of Security?          By Theresa Camoriano

In Louisville, there have been several recent incidents that have shaken people’s sense of security.  First, a teenage girl had both her feet cut off by a cable that came loose from a ride at Six Flags.  Then, a four-year-old boy who had been playing near his home was abducted and murdered, and an 18-month-old girl was attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull that came into her house though an open door.  The community feels great sympathy for the victims in these cases and wants to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future, but what can be done?           (click to read more)

A recipe for success leads to great sausage        By Jim Waters

As a kid, I sang along with the “Bob Evans, down on the farm” television commercial jingle while the company’s namesake wore his famous Stetson and string tie.

Evans, an American Icon, died last week. He epitomized the can-do spirit that makes America a great country.           (click to read more)

Do We REALLY Want to Break the Gridlock?          Gordon Francis Corbett

To study how men should act, Aristotle invented the branch of philosophy called, "ethics."  To study how men should treat one another, Thomas Aquinas invented the natural law.  To provide an ethical ground for our public guardians' power, and for limiting it strictly, John Locke discussed individual's rights.             (click to read more)

My Letter to Betty Baye          By Theresa Camoriano

 “But somehow I don't imagine these people being willing indefinitely to pay tuition for their kids' private and religious schooling and also to pay taxes to educate other people's kids in a public system in which they believe they have no stake.” – Betty Baye

For a long time, I have been trying to understand why people would be willing to continue sacrificing our children’s future at the altar of government schools, and your statement has helped enlighten me.  You want to keep middle class families enslaved in the government school system because otherwise you think they will not continue paying to educate poor children.  That is very sad.  Especially since the government schools do the greatest harm to poor children, who currently have nowhere else to turn.             (click to read more)

Addicted to compulsion             By Jim Waters

A colleague describes school officials who use force rather than choice to achieve racial diversity in schools as being “addicted to compulsion.”

Reaction by Jefferson County Public Schools officials to last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that put a smack-down on the district’s racially based student-assignment plan reveals that an addiction to such compulsion exists in Kentucky’s largest school district.            (click to read more)

Friends, I realize it is a day to celebrate our independence, but since the smoking ban I get madder and madder at what our government has done to the businessman. If we are to corral our customers like criminals on patios, sidewalks and God only knows what room certain businesses can accommodate. Maybe we should just make pig pens so all the non-smokers can hover over and laugh as they have been since the ban went into effect. Not once did I ever disrespect the non-smoker for his choice to visit my establishment. Hell, I even spent thousands of dollars to accommodate them and would do even more if the government had not intruded on my business and pass a ban.           (click to read more)

Government: Good Work If You Can Get It?              By Jonathan David Morris

You may have heard that a budget impasse caused a one-day shutdown of Pennsylvania’s state government this week. The only thing I don’t understand is why the news reported this as if it were a bad thing.

I love when state governments go into suspended animation; I wish it would happen more often. In fact, I wish it would happen perpetually. Let all 50 states shut down their state governments. What a great way to prove that life would go on.           (click to read more)

Historical Significance  (from a reader – source not confirmed)

Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat. The Nazis had sunk more than 400 British ships in their convoys between England and America taking food and war materials           (click to read more)

The philosophical framework of the capitalist society requires a system of laws — a government — to assure that the life and property of individuals are safeguarded. The role of government in a capitalist society is to establish and execute laws designed to keep the peace. As Mill observed, attempts by any to deprive others of their freedom must be prevented, and the force of law is essential to this end. Government in the capitalist society is symbolized by the blindfolded goddess of justice. The rule of law equally protecting life and property is fundamental to the development of a capitalist society. — Robert G. Anderson

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