The book’s historical analysis casts equal doubt on the standard historical story that state education systems came about as a noble gift from the state to save the masses from ignorance.
October 6, 2023 What Ever Happened to English Only?
I was eating at an outdoor cafe yesterday and overheard a couple speaking a foreign language. I was curious as to what language it was and so I asked them. They responded “Farsi.” I said, “Thank you. That’s a beautiful language.” I can just imagine officials at the Pentagon and the CIA chafing, given that those two people were from Iran. But I don’t hate people simply because...
America's Forever Wars Are Not the Problem by Jacob G. Hornberger
Ever since it became clear that the U.S. invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq were turning into disasters, a common refrain has been ...
The Latest Government Shutdown Circus by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the most recent government-shutdown circus and explain how ...
You're Not Fired
by Laurence M. Vance
At the end of every episode of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump’s reality TV show, he would utter his signature catchphrase “You’re Fired!” Yet, it ...
Macaulay and the Ghosts of Tyranny Past, Part 2 by James Bovard
Reposing with a favorite author in the Virginia Tech library in 1976, I savored one zinger after another in Thomas Macaulay’s ...
