They converted some school rooms into a clinic. A local hospital provided staff. State officials and a private foundation came up with the money. Worse, they are the issues that raise the loudest voices in the American culture wars. Cultural conservatives prescribe the Ten Commandments.
Liberals change the subject to gun control.
Well, we are firm believers in both gun control and the Ten Commandments. But in the real world of teenagers, communities and schools, it takes lot more. Yes, it is high time to have a national discussion about teenagers in our society. But let's put aside the high-flying symbolic policies. While we're at it, let's make a break with that whole Puritan attitude.