Archive for the 'Vouchers' Category

Is there any way vouchers achieve their stated goals?

Friday, September 21st, 2007

No. This has been another edition of easy answers to simple questions.

School Vouchers - Bad History and Bad Idea

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Over Wasatch Watcher Marshall and Co. have been paying close attention to the voucher debate (here) and have done a lot of heavy lifting in sorting through the sleazy, nasty, obnoxious and downright dishonest tactics and propaganda of voucher proponents.
In Bruce Bawer’s Stealing Jesus, he recorded the history of the religious right, namely they got [...]

School Vouchers

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

The arguments made by proponents of school vouchers are being shown ad naseum (pun intended) on our TV stations. Parents for Choice in Educations. Sound nice and warm and fuzzy.
Here’s my take: We have one major of American life that is dominated by choice - health care. Considering how well choice [...]

Petty Authoritarians - a long and somewhat personal post

Monday, April 9th, 2007

In light of last week’s discussion about Mormon Militants, I was fascinated to see two articles in the Tribune. The first an editorial by Pat Shea,The problems with Utah’s ‘bishopric’ Legislature. Shea wrote:
All too often Utah’s elected officials, particularly in the Legislature, believe even though they are elected as representatives, their judgment [...]

There’s No Idea so Bad Utah’s Legislature Won’t Vote For It

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Now that it looks like Utah has decided to find ways to funnel tax money into religious institutions, I feel obliged to talk about vouchers.
I’m a graduate of Judge Memorial. IOW, I attended a private, religious school. I’m opposed to vouchers because of that experience.
Public tax dollars should not be used [...]

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