The Liberated Centrist

Printed in the Friday, November 19 issue of The New Hampshire "From the Right" Public education in America today is faltering. Standardization of curricula across the nation along with a buddy-buddy relationship between teachers unions and government has yielded an education system that only serves to turn out unquestioning drones. In this week’s column, I hope to identify what I believe are the key problems with our system and offer ways to address them. Let me begin by defining what I mean by “public education.” Public education alludes to access to elementary and secondary education for every American child: a general concept that our society regards as crucial for a stable and prosperous future. It does not have to be public in the sense that it is run solely by government at taxpayers' expense. Recently, within the past 40 years or so, we have made sure to never forget our education system in terms of funding. Per pupil spending on elementary and secondary educati...

When we see two candidates, one Democrat and one Republican, we feel as though we must pick one of the two. Why? Is it because putting a vote towards any other candidate won’t count for the top 2 vote-getters? Why does it matter? Will one vote sway an entire election? Not likely. Don't be duped into thinking that voting for anybody other than the Democrat or Republican is a “waste” of a vote. Your vote is your voice in the political process. As citizens of a functioning democracy, we have the unique ability to vote, something not many in the world can say. Make sure your vote is yours. Given, people inherently want to support winners, but when we value victory for a less than perfect candidate over the true representation of our political voice, society suffers. Our true beliefs are overshadowed by a superficial drive to be on the winning team. Voting may be our only way to combat the oppressive 2-party system. In the end, it’s not about what party we're voting for, it’s the c...