Even civics classes have almost disappeared from the schools. So things have not gotten any better.
Nat HentoffI'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.
Nat HentoffIf the American people have their health care paid for by the government, depending on their age and their condition, they will be subject to a health commission just like in England which will decide if their lives are worth living much longer.
Nat HentoffSandra Day O'Connor - once she said that there are - there were no public schools in America until the 18th century, and she overlooked my alma mater because we started - I say we - in 1635. And among the people who went there - and they're on - the walls in the auditorium, the names are: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, except he split when he was 10 years old to go to work.
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