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“Uniform educational standards” government-controlled homeschooling

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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Who will watch the watchers?

The campus security force is a common feature at more and more public (government-run, tax-funded) schools. And for that matter, at more and more businesses. Internal threats to peace and external dangers from growing numbers of people who see an … Continue reading

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The FedGov’s attacks on private education

Fedgov attacks some private and religious schools, but not others. Why? Continue reading

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The lies of environists and other government-worshippers

There is no way that we can take anything at all that we are told by government agencies, educational institutions (which we realize are just another kind of government agency: government-run tax-funded “public” schools), mainstream or alternative media, or most … Continue reading

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Culture war expanded by MSM #2

We recently discussed how one MSM source is pushing an attempt to replace the US Constitution. It was another example of how media and other enemies of liberty are ramping up their attacks. That is hardly the only way in … Continue reading

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Slam-dunk: accusations of “privilege” swell

Perhaps some Woke activists and supporters are learning that blanket accusations of “fascist” and “Nazi” don’t work as well as other tactics and labels. We are seeing more and more the accusations of certain people and groups of having “privilege’.” … Continue reading

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School avoidance and anxiety “disorder”

Fewer and fewer students (grades PS though grad school) seem to be allowed a break from being confined to government-run tax-funded schools or their private equivalents. (That is, the bootlicking privately-funded schools that are still in essence controlled by government … Continue reading

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The FedGov, schools, religion, and free trade

Publisher’s Note: this is a rewrite and republication of the commentary “Federal government good at micromanagement but…” published on 17 May 2023. For some reason (please tell us), very few readers thought that commentary was worth their time (and for … Continue reading

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FedGov good at micromanagement – but…

An MSN story appeared on 15 MAY 2023, explaining how Uncle Joe’s Regime is coming out in favor of religious freedom in public schools. Now, we here at TPOL are as always highly critical of ANY presidential regime, as we … Continue reading

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“Our” “Public” schools – worse than ever

The Price of Liberty has always taken a very hard stand against so-called “public schools” – better described as “government-run, tax-funded” or even “government-ruined, theft-funded” institutions (GRTF schools). (A name and acronym coined by the late Marshall Fritz.) He advocated … Continue reading

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