Public School Destroys Individualism Just Like in the Fatherland

From its inception in 1819 Prussia, the road to state socialism progressed.  Compulsory schooling was first instituted in Massachusetts, in 1852, before spreading to the rest of the states in the next 50 years.  Interestingly, there is an opposite movement going today; the Swedish system, which only lasts 9 years, because they’ve found children learn better at home than in public schools.  And Hong Kong, which outperforms Japan in math and science, has a shorter school year.

John Taylor Gatto lays out his view of public schools in the article from The Kossar Education Newsletter.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/gatto6.1.1.html

http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Educate/public_school_nightmare.htm

The Post-Racial Barack Obama

Thomas Sowell says:

“There is not now, nor has there ever been, anything post-racial about Barack Obama, except for the people who voted for him in the mistaken belief that he shared their desire to be post-racial. When he leaves office, especially if it is after one term, he will leave this country more racially polarized than before.

Hopefully, he may also leave the voters wiser, though sadder, after they learn from painful experience that you can't judge politicians by their rhetoric, or ignore their past because of your hopes for the future. Voters may even wise up to race card fraud.”

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell072010.php3

Unions Hire Non-Union Workers to Picket

"For a lot of our members, it's really difficult to have them come out, either because of parking or something else," explains Vincente Garcia, a union representative who is supervising the picketing.

So instead, the union hires unemployed people at the minimum wage—$8.25 an hour—to walk picket lines.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575362763101099660.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news

McDonald Decision- Second Amendment is Check on State Powers

Rick Montes describes why McDonald was no victory for the 2nd Amendment.

 

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/06/30/2nd-amendment-victory-an-opposing-view/