Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe
When power replaces truth as the goal, assertion replaces reason as the path
When I'm asked where libertarians fit on the left-right spectrum, I say we don't. We're above the line.
Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash. A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash.
In all countries, in all centuries, the primary reason for government to set up schools is to undermine the politically weak by convincing their children that the leaders are good and their policies are wise. The core is religious intolerance. The sides simply change between the Atheists, Catholics, Protestants, Unitarians, etc. , depending whether you are talking about the Soviet Union, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, America, etc. A common second reason is to prepare the boys to go to war and the girls to cheer them on.
The combination of both legs leads to social harmony and material abundance.
For more than 220 years - from the 1620s to the 1840s - most American schooling was independent of government control, subsidy, and influence. From this educational freedom the American Republic was born.
A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better.
How many roads must a man walk down Before your can call him a man?. . . The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind.
When you're on a sleeper at night, take your pocketbook and put it in a sock under your pillow. That way, the next morning you won't forget your pocketbook cause you'll be looking for your sock.