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Our parents pay exorbitant taxes so we can be public-school kids. We have sports and stuff but mainly school is about important civics lessons.
We even get to go on these expensive field trips in nice buses, burning up expensive energy and making a carbon footprint, but it’s okay because we are special and it’s okay to break the rules when you are saving the country. And besides, it’s “education.” And “making a difference.”
This week we learned to hate thoughts. We also learned to hate prayers. We also learned to hate Republicans. Best of all we learned to hate guns.
We also played a game called “activism.” We form ourselves into an angry, bitter, hateful, mob. And then we perform these emotional tantrums in front of the media, and in front of weak, timid, easily-manipulated legislators. Civics is fun. We don’t get in trouble for screaming out hate. We get school credit for it. Our teachers say we get our way every time.
“The decline of community in the modern world has as its inevitable religious consequence the creation of masses of helpless, bewildered individuals who are unable to find solace in Christianity regarded merely as creed.”
Robert Nisbet
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory.
The White House
The National Security Strategy Document
Games stimulate the mind. Kids thrive on mental stimulation. Games teach kids to triumph over challenging problems.
This story out of India: Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha was born in 2022. At 30 months he started learning chess. By age three he had defeated five ranking members of the International Chess Federation, earning him his own official ranking. What’s next? Recognition as a grand master as he continues learn about how chess works, and how victory is achieved against some of the most active minds of his generation.
