Is the world too safe (at least in America)?
Last time we explored Is Homeschooling Dangerous. This got me thinking about the word dangerous – a danger – the possibility of being hurt. We were, of course, speaking about ideas last time. How can an idea hurt? It might cause us to hurt ourselves if acted upon. If I decide that gravity is bunk [...]
Cost of Public Education vs. Health Care
As I write this, Congress is debating and voting on one of the most far reaching pieces of legislation since Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and the Economic Security Bill of 1935. Later it was renamed The Social Security Act and ratified overwhelming by both Democrats and Republicans – see http://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html for the counts and names. [...]