Tag Archives: government-run tax-funded schools

More thoughts on “the pizza caper”

Posted on February 12, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday, we published a long, perhaps apocryphal story about a 2nd grader who was punished for being kind to a classmate. For trying to share his lunch with the classmate who was served the “cheese sandwich of shame” because his … Continue reading →

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One of the evils of public schools and our system is …

Posted on February 11, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Readers, this story is longer than most commentaries; we hope you will still read the whole thing. We do not know if the following story is true. But some of us here at TPOL have personally seen incidents like this … Continue reading →

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Cursing? No, cursive writing is not for cursing – nor a curse

Posted on August 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A few months back, a lady asked an interesting question. Why don’t the schools (at least, the “public schools” – government-run, tax-funded) teach children to write in cursive anymore? She had some good thoughts – definitely answers that could be … Continue reading →

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Corrupt judges, corrupt system

Posted on May 23, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Although yesterday this commentary referred to the decision by a Massachusetts judge to “protect the [US} Department of Education,” we think this deserves more analysis. And frankly, more anger. To quote The Donald: “After 45 years, the United States spends … Continue reading →

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Patriotic Evil?

Posted on April 22, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

The Rapid City (South Dakota) recently had this top-of-front-page headline. Of course, this is not “news” – it is opinion, and indeed, the vilest of propaganda. Even more evil than the government propaganda (the “patriotic” indoctrination) that this editorial (disguised … Continue reading →

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American schools – more and more are little but a joke

Posted on March 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Schools are supposed to educate – to teach people (especially children). Public schools, that is, government-run, tax-funded, schools are constantly demonstrating that they are generally incapable of doing so. Oh, there are exceptions to this. Schools which have outstanding, loving, … Continue reading →

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Will SCOTUS end government-run, tax-funded schooling?

Posted on March 7, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Steve, a great correspondent, made us here at TPOL aware of a Cato Institute commentary on an interesting Oklahoma case that the Nine Nazgul have agreed to hear. In Oklahoma, the money to pay for a child’s education (K-12) is … Continue reading →

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The insanity of modern “public schools” and their students

Posted on December 17, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

TRIGGER WARNING! Do not scroll down and see the picture unless you are ready and able to be emotionally triggered. Robert Heinlein’s stories including a “future history” often referred to “The Crazy Years” when societies around the world became totally … Continue reading →

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Government funding of private schools?

Posted on September 14, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Jonah Goldberg once wrote, Government money only pays for the “liberties” the government thinks you should have, and therefore it can determine how you exercise them. That turns liberties into privileges dispensed at the whim of the state. To put … Continue reading →

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“Uniform educational standards” government-controlled homeschooling

Posted on June 30, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Have you heard about a recent article over at Scientific American? Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling is the title. The push in the article is a list of claims about how bad homeschooling is. We are told (with little … Continue reading →

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