As a registered independent, I wonder why independents have to be registered. We are not nearly as dangerous as Democrats or Republicans. A publication from New Zealand complains because New Zealand students rank below students from 14 other countries on international tests. Unfortunately, the United States ranks 14 countries below New Zealand. Equal opportunity policies are against racism.
Affirmative action is racism under new management.
Despite downsizing elsewhere, a recent study shows that we overweight Americans are now in the majority. Demagogues have always aimed their messages at the unthinking and the uninformed. Unfortunately, today that includes many of our college students. Study after study has shown that even huge differences in spending on public schools make little or no difference in the quality of the education itself. Everything has its good points.