Published in The Orlando Sentinel , November 28, 1998 Taxpayer vouchers allowing students to attend private schools is a bad idea whose time may have come anyway. It’s a bad idea, despite the growing hype for it, for a number of reasons. Mixing public funds in private institutions is never a good idea. A great deal of the mischief done in this
After the hysterical attack on James Bovard’s new book in the Los Angeles Times , the sober Reese column below is a welcome tribute to a courageous journalist. The Orlando Sentinel February 28, 1999 James Bovard, the American government’s most unfavorite journalist, has done all who value liberty a great service. He has meticulously documented
Orlando Sentinel March 18, 1999 If old Karl Marx, the embittered inventor of communism, could return from the grave, he would no doubt be surprised to find that most of the 10 planks of his Communist Manifesto, issued in 1848 in collaboration with Frederick Engels, have been happily adopted or are at least supported by Americans. Let’s look at the
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