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Not Yours to Give: from The Life of Colonel David Crockett

Compiled by Edward S. Ellis (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1884)   One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer.  Several beautiful speeches had been made… Continue Reading…

Can you say “entitlement”?

by Marshall Fritz Last updated August 11, 2008 Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 2, No. 6, July 1996 The government education monopoly is school welfare, and tax-funded vouchers are the Typhoid Mary of education reforms, spreading dependency and regulation… Continue Reading…

A Practical Plan: Help parents remove their children from “public schools”

by Marshall Fritz Last updated April 18, 2007 Originally published in The Education Liberator, Vol. 3, No. 2, February/March 1997 How Might the United States End School-by-Government and Return to Honest Education? Marshall Fritz — December, 2003 I believe the transition… Continue Reading…

Education: Let’s Do Something Different

by Tammy Drennan Last updated April 9, 2007 Vouchers that would pay for parents to send their children to public or private schools are the latest in a long line of reform movements, all of which involve entitlement programs, and… Continue Reading…

A Parent’s Pledge

by Tammy Drennan Last updated April 9, 2007   We, your parents, pledge to you, our precious child and gift from God, the following: Physical Needs So you’ll never feel want or neglect, we’ll provide you with good food, a… Continue Reading…

Playing At Markets: Vouchers As A Socialist Trap

by Douglas Dewey Last updated April 18, 2007 Editor’s Note: Douglas Dewey, President of The National Scholarship Center in Washington, DC, delivered these remarks as part of a voucher debate at SepCon’95. They have been edited slightly for length. Originally… Continue Reading…

Not Yours to Give

from THE LIFE OF COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT Compiled by Edward S. Ellis (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1884)   One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a… Continue Reading…

What About the Poor?

by Chris Cardiff In various forms, the question “what do we do about the poor?” outstrips all others as the most frequently asked question about separating school and state. The implicit assumption, only natural after 60 years of the welfare… Continue Reading…