Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Erie prediction made in 1956
The following is a passage from Deliver us from Evil written by Dr. Tom
Dooley and published in 1956 following his involvement in Operation Passage to
Freedom wherein hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees were transported
from North Vietnam to South Vietnam to escape the horrors of communist rule.
“Just before the debarkation of the
refugees was completed,
Bishop Pietro Martino
Ngo-dinh-Thuc, Vicar Apostolic
of Vinh-Long, who was in Saigon,
paid a visit to our
ship. He is the brother of the
defiant Prime Minister, Ngo
Dinh Diem, a man who never bowed to
the French and who
stated emphatically that the Geneva
partitioning of Indo-
China would lead to a new and more murderous war.”
Anyone who thinks U.S. was wrong fighting communism in
Vietnam should read Dr. Dooley’s book.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
Why
Not Abolish Public Schools?
The purpose of this blog is to stimulate reflection
and public debate on the need for a public school system. In the State of Texas
where I live total public education spending is around $108 billion
dollars. Average annual school district expenditures per student is about
$12,300. In contrast a local Catholic school near me has a per student cost of
about $7,212 per year.
If the tax burden imposed by public school systems
were abolished, wouldn’t education become a commodity subject to the forces of
a free market system? Under that system the parents of those children to be
educated would determine what is to be taught and would be free to choose the
school the parents think would best do the job. Likewise, there would be
competition among schools to attract students, resulting in continuous
improvement in the quality of education available.
So what about the poor or underprivileged families? I,
for one attended Catholic schools from Kindergarten through 12th
grade. The administrators of schools I attended made accommodations that made
it possible for poor students to attend. Then consider that the parent(s) of
poor children must prioritize what is important. Perhaps forgoing the cost of
television, a cell phone or video game to provide for their child’s education
in in order. In addition, the existing welfare system could provide money for a
private school. In that case the only restriction to be imposed on the
parent(s) is to use the money for education only.
I think many of the discipline problems occurring in
the public school system could be eradicated by abolishing the public schools.
If a student doesn’t want to learn, why try to force him or her? I believe
education would then be looked upon by society as a privilege and attract
students to school. A student who wants to learn is preferable to one who is
being coerced.
Friday, June 30, 2017
Thursday, June 1, 2017
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