Archive for August 2023
America the Republic: Why We Were Never Constituted as a Pure Democracy
TweetShareShare Lately, there’s been a lot of chatter about our democracy or democraticĀ form of government. Some political commentators use fear to suggest our “democracy is in peril” if certain people from the opposing political party are elected. Unfortunately, this type of fear mongering has been around since America was constituted. The problem with that…
Read MoreHorace Mann: The Visionary Pioneer of Free Public Education in America
TweetShareShareIn the history of American public education few persons were more influential than its pioneering founder Horace Mann. Born on May 4, 1796 in Franklin, MA, Mann grew up in poverty. His dad was a farmer who produced little income for his family. Between his tenth and twentieth birthdays, the teen Mann received about six…
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