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All Great Changes Begin at the Dinner Table

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Originally posted January 14, 2019. Ronald Reagan understood that the job of reintroducing the study of self-government could not be left to the schools. “All great change in America begins at the dinner table,” Reagan said in his farewell address. “So, tomorrow night in the kitchen I hope the talking begins. And children, if your […]

Study Confirms Shutting Down Schools Was a Disaster for Children

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American parents were furious at the arbitrary school shutdowns forced on them by Democratic governors, bureaucrats at the CDC, and big city teachers’ unions. Anyone paying attention saw the harm being done to America’s kids when they were pushed out of classrooms, off playgrounds, and away from sports. Some parents were able to adapt and […]

Google Knows Everything About Your Child

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On his blog, Mercola.com, Dr. Joseph Mercola raises the alarm over children’s privacy and Google’s deep knowledge about your kids. He writes: Google is without a doubt the largest and clearest monopoly on the planet. It dominates online searches and advertising,1,2 which in and of itself leads to automatic bias. As noted by Google’s founders Sergey […]

ROBERTS: “Today Education Is a Form of Brainwashing”

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At the Institute for Political Economy, Paul Craig Roberts decries the modern school system and its brainwashing of children and wasteful spending. He writes (abridged): When I was a student, school principals and university administrations were very supportive of teachers.  It was understood that once teachers could be accused by students, learning discipline would break down, […]

Mises and Rothbard Finally Get Their Due

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Academia has seemed to ruefully and intentionally ignore the work of Austrian-school economists like Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard. If their names earn a mention in a university economics class, it is usually in passing. Now, the Ludwig von Mises Institute has graduated its first graduate-level class of economics students focused on the principles […]

The Brainwashing of America’s College Students

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In The American Spectator, Dov Fischer explains the brainwashing performed on America’s college students as they endure four years of intense propaganda on the nation’s campuses. He writes: The tyranny of thought on America’s campuses today comprises really nothing much different from the tyranny Vladimir Putin would impose on Ukraine — maybe even worse. Really. […]

Harvard Professor Calls Homeschooling a “Threat to Society”

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America’s elites are terrified that children may develop independent thoughts. Harvard professor Elizabeth Bartholet calls homeschooling a “threat to society.” Jon Rappoport discusses Bartholet and public schooling on his blog, NoMoreFakeNews.com, writing: Daniel Greenfield, writing at Front Page Magazine, offers this gem: “Elizabeth Bartholet, the director of Harvard Law’s Child Advocacy Program, described the ‘homeschooling phenomenon’ […]

I Support The Ron Paul Curriculum

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Parents are fighting across America for more control over their children’s education. Homeschooling has rapidly grown in popularity. I support the Ron Paul curriculum for homeschooling. Former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, explains his curriculum at LewRockwell.com, writing (abridged): People searching for a quality homeschooling program that incorporates libertarian ideas without ever sacrificing […]

Stanford Attacks the Woke Left

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Vasko Kohlmayer of Notes from the Twilight Zone writes about a laudable pushback against woke insanity at one of America’s premier institutions of higher learning. He continues (abridged): A truly heartening piece of news comes out of Stanford: The Stanford Review, the school’s independent newspaper, is taking a bold stand against the unhinged progressivism that has […]

MIT Has Not Lost Its Collective Mind

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Because of the pandemic, MIT, like many schools, suspended standardized testing requirements for admission, reports James Freeman in the WSJ: Continuing Engineering Excellence But unlike too many elite colleges, MIT is now restoring this important element in a rigorous selection process. From MIT’s Stuart Schmill, Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services: Everything we do […]