The Failure You Know

This was originally posted at Neighborhood Effects. Better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t. - Traditional idiom Sayings become traditional if they contain sufficient truth, but truth can usually be graded on a scale, from absolute to non-existent; better writers have called this the “truth-of-the-head” and the “truth-of-the-heart.” The truth-of-the-head is that American public [...]

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Washing My Hands

Can you renounce your state citizenship?

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Good News for D.C. Vouchers

There’s good news in the Journal this morning, as Senator Durbin expressed he might be willing to grant the D.C. voucher program a second life. This is great news.  Durbin was the one who originally scheduled the program for cuts, despite it’s massive popularity and success. Earlier this year, Mr. Durbin inserted language into a [...]

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Questions about people who don’t trust private schools

I was recently talking with someone who claimed that we should not use vouchers for private schools because such schools have no accountability and teach children things that are very bad for society. I found myself at a loss for words, and that is quite a rare occurrence!  Is it possible to argue with someone [...]

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