God, family, and country

Of all the topics to choose from, why did I choose education as the focus of my blog? The education of children is the foundation of society and the Education Revolution refers to education in its broadest sense. The problems we are facing in America have a lot to do with a lack of education on the most important issues. What are those issues and why are Americans so uneducated about them?

I believe that too many have forgotten about the principles upon which this country was founded. We must relearn them and press our elected representatives to return to these principles. The Constitution teaches us that the powers of the national government are very limited and that the remaining powers belong to the states and the people. Moving away from these principles has led to a growing national debt and a "nanny state" mindset. We must stop looking to the federal government to solve all of our problems. It is unbelievable to me that we are even considering universal healthcare! If the government is obligated to provide healthcare for us, what about the other essentials--food, clothes, shelter, transportation? Will it ever stop? If anything will destroy our economy, it's that kind of thinking. What a terrible thing to pass on to our children and grandchildren. We must remember that when we give up personal responsibility, an equal amount of freedom goes with it. That should be obvious by the amount of taxes we are paying. Individuals, organizations, and states must act to forestall the national government's attempts to encroach upon the powers that were reserved to the states and to the people by the Constitution.

We must hold onto our belief in God, in the principles of the Constitution of the United States of America, and in the traditional family as the foundation of society. The reason I have chosen vouchers as the focus of this blog is that public schools seem to be teaching atheism, attacking America and the principles upon which it was founded, and undermining the traditional family. Also, too many look to public schools as a daycare. They hand over their responsibility to raise their children to the schools. We see what is happening to the morals and behavior of this generation as a result. These trends can be reversed if parents are empowered to choose the best public or private/religious schools for their children. There are many ways to educate people, but there is no education more important than the education of our children.

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Prov. 22: 6)

Please read this great article on our responsibilities as United States citizens and comment on what you think we need to do to reverse the negative trends that are taking place in America right now.