We? What "we" would that be? Far left, secularist authoritarian power-addicts? Who have commandeered the political system to take over the schools to "pollute the minds of the chirrun" with their own propaganda ...

So, then the only way for the schools to be free of "indoctrination" is for them to not be controlled by people with any one viewpoint. In America today, the vast majority of students are in schools controlled by politicians. It is THEIR views with which most all children are being indoctrinated. No wonder so many believe that being dependent on politicians is a good thing, a veritable right. The only solution to this problem is: freedom of education -- schools run by a diversity of people & interests. Just like freedom of the press & religion, we can't have politicians dominating the schools.

Mr. Tatro, With all due respect, if you truly believed what you wrote, you'd not have written it. If America is really that far gone, & you realized it, you would have been stockpiling weapons & supplies in your cabin in a remote valley somewhere, not writing this gloom-n-doom article. Best regards,

Liberals (practically speaking,Democrats) are addicted to power. Addicts will cheat, lie & betray to get more of what they crave. Let us stop being astonished, & begin planning the intervention. Because if we don't get control of this addiction, it will not merely destroy the addicted -- it will destroy our country & our children's futures. - Relentless resist their current attempts to subvert the voter rolls & elections; - Tireless work to win by a cheat-proof margin; - Ruthlessly change the rules to foreclose future cheating. Best regards,

It seems to me that the reason for a generous exemption for income taxes is simply that we shouldn't be paying to take care of our politicians before we take care of our own families. Exempt income up to a poverty level (indexed!) & then put a flat tax on everything above that. Best regards,

This misuse of the language is because Liberalism is an addiction -- to power. An addict will tell any lie, expend any resource, betray any trust, to get more of what is craved. If a gambling addict needs a stake, he'll say he needs to buy groceries for his kids, medicine for his grandma, or that he's collecting for charity. Whatever he believes will get him the money to service his addiction. So it is with LIberals. If "denied access" of some group guilts people into giving them more power, they'll say that; if, in other political circumstances, DENYING ACCESS to some groups (even the same groups!) leads to them having more power, they'll do that. All our arguments miss the point. It's about power, not truth.

The Founders very presciently set up a political mechanism wherein power is divided so that the opportunities for tyranny are limited. That means that to get anything accomplished, a movement, no matter how philosophically rigorous, must be pragmatic in its political game plan. We in the Tea Party movement haven't given up our philosophy; if anything, our continuing studies of the old books & wisdom are making for an even more profound contrast with that flawed mental model we call Liberalism. However, like any grown-ups, we don't throw a temper-tantrum over it. Like all good Conservatives, we research, study & plan how to accomplish the necessary ends. This is what I believe Mr. Tyrrell has observed.