<"Ma'am, it could be that you see more witch books in this library because you come to this library looking for witch books."

Reminds me of a very funny Freak Brothers cartoon with Fat Freddy, but unprintable here. Suffice it to say, Freddy is dealt with quite severely by a vicious librarian.

Beyond that, a very thoughtful post.

There are lots of details to be hammered out with vouchers. I find it hard to believe that the government would issue vouchers without demanding SOME standards, although again I don't know who's going to get to pick the cultural ones ("Plato! Shakespeare! Jefferson!" "No Dead White Guys!") Standards in things like math are a lot easier to figure out.

I have great confidence in the average American, and like many others believe that if they are given choices, a vast majority of them will make the right ones in regards to their children, and select schools that educate them properly. Then there are also those who believe that Americans must be forced to make the right choices. The conflict between these two points of view is not going to be easily resolved.

I believe that a citizenry that can make pretty good free-market choices for their children in automobiles, homes, food, and other critical items in their lives can successfully make similar choices in education. I'm sure some regulations will be there, just like they are for autos, houses and food, but total government control isn't the answer.

Too many times, I've seen people solve the problems they have with the community by withdrawing from the community. It's so easy to just move away, rather than work with other people to reach a mutually acceptable compromise. Then they wonder why society is so splintered.

If a "community" gets oppressive, withdrawal is sometimes the only choice. How the heck do you think most of us GOT to this country?