Even civics classes have almost disappeared from the schools. So things have not gotten any better.
Nat HentoffEvery life is different; being pro-life is not only about saving the fetus, being pro-life is about all the stages of life.
Nat HentoffLilian Ross was a - veteran writer for The New Yorker. She, in fact, brought me to The New Yorker many years ago.
Nat HentoffWhen I speak to students, I tell them why we have a First Amendment. I tell them about the Committees of Correspondence. I tell them how in a secret meeting of the Raleigh Tavern in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, who did not agree with each other, started a Committee of Correspondence.
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