"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." -- Malcolm X

"Education is a weapon whose effects depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." -- Josef Stalin

Howdy everyone. I pray y'all had a very Merry Christmas and are planning for a great and Happy New Year.

That said, we must never lose sight of the ideological battle being waged in our country.

Just last week the deranged head of the teachers’ union, Randi Weingarten, proved why she is delusional. Ms. Weingarten asserted that school choice “undermines our democracy.” Heck, at this point, anything that the progressive socialist left disagrees with will be referenced as “undermining democracy.” Spoiler alert, America is a Constitutional Republic. For Weingarten to say this about parents having the choice to decide the best educational path for their children is highly disturbing. What Weingarten is advocating is that anything that opposes forcing your children into failing public school systems undermines our representative democracy is absurd and dangerous. Weingarten is saying that educational freedom is un-democratic. Silly me, I thought the basis of our country was individual rights and freedoms. I guess to be a progressive socialist means that the only "pro-choice" position........

© Townhall