Flada Blog

There are many great resources on the internet for those who choose to homeschool their children. One thing that is a little harder to find are definitive reasons why you should consider this option. Recently, I read a heartfelt entry at Steve Olson’s blog about how public schools crush souls. This entry […]

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What’s wrong with our American two party system? Really there’s only one thing wrong with it, there’s precious little difference between the two parties.
Find me an issue where they are completely opposed and I’ll stand corrected. But finding that elusive issue will prove difficult. The most obvious ones are social issues like […]

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Readers who are close observers and who have followed this blog since its inception a whopping (roughly) one week ago may have noticed a few changes here and there. Some of the changes have been obvious and have even meritted an announcement in the “Site News” section of my right sidebar. Others have been less […]

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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
- Douglas MacArthur
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal […]

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In a 2006 Zogby poll, it was determined that 59% of voters self-identified as fiscally conservative and socially liberal. According to The World’s Smallest Political Quiz at the Advocates for Small Government website, this is the definition of a libertarian. So why do libertarians consistently fare so poorly in elections? Is a […]

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