Our subject here is two self-evident and highly political truths: (1) School vouchers, by whatever name they’re called, are deceitful at their core. (2) Whatever proponents may call them, school vouchers aren’t really about education at all. We’ll talk about the ramifications of this deceit regarding vital K-12 public institutions, but first: In…
War is the biggest big-government endeavor. So riddle me this: Why is it that the politicians quickest to salute the power of war tend to be the most anti-government? That’s right. Those most prone to swear by government in war say our government can’t possibly facilitate, say, health coverage for its own…
Chances of war with Iran, says career Middle East journalist Barbara Slavin, went down “a gazillion” with the framework for a nuclear agreement. Ah, fudge. Never fear. Or fear. Hardliners in Congress will do their very best to change the percentages. Slavin, who covered Iran for the Washington Post and is now…
The subjects were protest and time. A thoughtful teen told me that protest today just doesn’t have the efficiency that protest must have had, say, in the ’60s. I told her she had a misimpression. The Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional in 1954, I told her, yet 30 years later some school districts…