There is an election tomorrow, so go out and vote. But note that these elections were once far less apocalyptic in tone. The 1920 presidential election, for instance, featured Warren Harding versus James M. Cox for all the presidential marbles, such as they were in those days. Cox survived a grueling contest against William Gibbs… Read more »
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride. -GK Chesterton, Space Age Systems Collapse The Late Bronze Age collapse is… Read more »
For more than half a century, I have listened to diatribes against empowering lower-income parents to choose a school for their own child. Even today, these reasons remain unclear to me. This brief essay will be an effort to clarify what is at stake in America’s battles over the role of the poor parent versus… Read more »
