Voting: No choice of No is no choice

As we watch the 2020 electoral farce continue to unfold, this seems like a good time to point out one of the major flaws with plurality voting in a system dominated by two parties.  Namely, it doesn’t allow people to express what they actually want, and more importantly, what they don’t want. For example, suppose … Read more

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Regression is Still Possible … Enlightenment

Black supremacy is the belief black people are inherently superior to others. From it flows the belief blacks should reign supreme. No decent person supports this idea. The same applies if we substitute white for the word black in the first two sentences of this paragraph.

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Approved for Achievement?

A school district that doesn’t offer instruction in a particular grade can tuition a student in that grade to a public school outside the district, or to a private school. In order for that to happen, the school has to be ‘approved’ by the Department of Education.

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The Welfare Isn’t Education Act

I recently participated in a class on the yearly budget process that my town will be going through in the near future.  And I was astonished to learn that in New Hampshire, individual towns are responsible for providing welfare to residents who need it… and that there are apparently no budgetary limits to the amount that may need to be provided.  That last part sounded disturbingly familiar.

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The Let Children Be Children Act

The other day, a friend and I were discussing one of his neighbors.  We probably all know someone like this — if it weren’t for bad luck, he’d have no luck at all.  But his bad luck seems to be caused almost completely by his own inability to carry out some of the basic functions of adulthood.

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