Political Rhetoric and Reality in the Indianapolis Experiment
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Privatizing Education:The Liberal Democratic Idea, Constitutionalism,and the Politics of Vouchers
Arguments about the education of the young are at least as old as Socrates. However, it is fair to suggest that the voucher debate that has erupted over the past few years is qualitatively different from many that have preceded it. Rather than arguing about whether public schools are deficient, and if so, in what respects; rather than debating the merits of one "reform" over another, the issue has become whether America should continue to support a system of free, publicly controlled schools or whether government?s educational role should be reduced to dispensing vouchers to families, enabling them to "buy" educational services in the marketplace. It is a classic political confrontation, engaging partisan strategies and implicating political ideologies.
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Fostering True Religious Freedom
In "America’s Religious Cleansing" by Keith Fournier, the thesis is that "secularists" are engaged in "religious cleansing," which Fournier defines as an attempt to drive religion out of public life.
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Property Tax & Civil Liberties
Recently, the Indiana Tax Court heard arguments in the Indiana Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit against the State Board of Tax Commissioners. We claim that Indiana’s method of assessing property is unconstitutional…
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No Remedy for Taxpayers
"The result of this ruling is to deprive taxpayers of a remedy for legislative misconduct which costs each of us real money."
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