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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Obama School Speech Avoids Explicit Politics


“Ignoring the uproar surrounding his back-to-school address, President Obama plans to urge America’s schoolchildren on Tuesday to dream big dreams and respect their teachers, to study hard and learn from failure.” (New York Times, Tuesday)

Just when you thought things had gotten as absurd as they can get.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power” reviewed by Brian Doherty


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.