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  • Control and Ignorance Are the Goals of Public Education … and Parents Are Catching On

    Control and Ignorance Are the Goals of Public Education … and Parents Are Catching On9

    A recent viral video from the YouTube channel Fleccas Talks showed several man-on-the-street interviews testing young people in New York City on their knowledge of basic facts. Some of the questions focused on American history and civics, while others were simple, numerical-based ones. The results were depressing, as the following samples demonstrate: Q: “When was

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  • Constitutional Trivia: How much do you know?

    Constitutional Trivia: How much do you know?0

    • June 29, 2016

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  • Constitution Day: What did your kids do?

    Constitution Day: What did your kids do?0

    I had the pleasure of visiting Agamim Classical Academy, a K-6 charter school in Hopkins, Minnesota dedicated to providing “students with a classical, liberal arts, challenging, and inspiring education,” for its Constitution Day celebration. When many public schools seem leery of openly embracing traditional American patriotism, even going so far as to banish students wearing clothing with

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  • Constitution at stake in this year’s election?

    Constitution at stake in this year’s election?0

    If Senate Republicans are true to their word, the next president of the United States will nominate Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement. Given the age of several other members of the Supreme Court and rumors of others’ retirement, it is likely the next president will make as many as four nominations. This potentially dramatic change in

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  • Conservatives Strike Back Against ‘Ideological Tidal Wave’ in School District

    Conservatives Strike Back Against ‘Ideological Tidal Wave’ in School District0

    It’s widely believed that there is a strong liberal bias in America’s public school system. Yet, by all accounts, most conservative-minded Americans still send their children to the local public schools, in spite of a growing ideological divide in this country. But why? Some do it because of economic necessity; others, because they place a

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  • Conservatives Shouldn’t Sacrifice Their Principles for Trump

    Conservatives Shouldn’t Sacrifice Their Principles for Trump0

    In his play “The Knights,” the Athenian playwright Aristophanes creatively and humorously showed the insidious power of demagoguery. A satire written in the 5th-century B.C., the play depicted a Greek city-state that was succumbing to weaknesses of democracy. “The Knights,” one of the oldest Greek plays to survive, pits two smooth-talking demagogues against one another. One

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