Tag Archives: government-run tax-funded schools

The coming Golden Age of homeschooling?

Posted on August 10, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

We are seeing more evidence that the future of homeschooling in these Fifty States is one of massive expansion. It is no surprise to those who are familiar with the concept and may nave even done homeschooling.  It is, I … Continue reading →

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It is NOT about a virus or a pandemic…

Posted on July 17, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

… it is political, and it is about tearing down society and implementing an agenda that will finish off our liberty, our freedom, for generations. From the California Globe: LA Teachers Union: Schools Can’t Reopen Unless Charter Schools Shut Down, … Continue reading →

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Why education must be liberated – and delivered – from government

Posted on July 15, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

It was just a quick note on a recent Agora Financial (Laissez Faire) newsletter, talking about how Anti-Lockdown Protests (TM) are evil but Defund-Police and Black-Lives-Matter Protests are good and create no “public health” problem. Here’s a bit:

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A Baker’s Dozen ™ reasons to keep your children out of “public” schools

Posted on June 17, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

The Lockdown has had one very strong positive benefit – even with some negatives.  Tens of millions of parents have seen their children’s schools lock their children out.  Especially the government-run, tax-funded (GRTF) institutions.  So tens of millions of children … Continue reading →

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In some ways, the Lockdown is backfiring

Posted on May 24, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Let’s talk about schools and guns – favorite topics of both Mama Liberty and myself.

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Who benefits from closing all the schools?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Rob Morse, in his “Slow Facts” webzine, on Monday, asks a good question: “Are bureacrats shutting down schools for their benefit or for yours? When the same cities that close all their schools to supposedly prevent the close contact that … Continue reading →

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Schooling

Posted on March 7, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

My parents were teachers and caught in the “public system” for many years back in the 1960s and 1970s, before my father found another career and my mother returned to private teaching (which she could do, teaching music and art). … Continue reading →

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Some basics of socialism (in the Fifty States and elsewhere)

Posted on February 16, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

With Bernie Sanders, “independent” Senator of Vermont, now the frontrunner for the Democratic Party’s nomination (and attempt to depose Trump), socialism is more on people’s minds. It doesn’t hurt to get up to speed on just what this evil political … Continue reading →

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Government and child abuse

Posted on November 6, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

What price do we pay for government? More disturbing, what price do OTHER people pay for government?

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Comparing apples and oranges – education and more

Posted on August 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What should government provide?  How? Under what limits? Over at FEE.org, Kerry McDonald has an excellent article comparing public libraries and public schools. It triggered more thoughts and some memories of political campaigns from years back. She … Continue reading →

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