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Most parents know what works, and they should be given a freer hand in regulating their child's behavior. Your house, your rules. I'm single, no kids, never been married, so far be it for ME to tell parents what to do. Government solutions like school prayer, and abstinence-only education only | Most parents know what works, and they should be given a freer hand in regulating their child's behavior. Your house, your rules. I'm single, no kids, never been married, so far be it for ME to tell parents what to do. Government solutions like school prayer, and abstinence-only education only | ||
infringe on the rights of responsible parents, while doing little to curb the abuses of irresponsible parents. What's more, federal definitions of morality (and marriage) are meaningless. Values come from the people, from the bottom up, not from the top down. | infringe on the rights of responsible parents, while doing little to curb the abuses of irresponsible parents. What's more, federal definitions of morality (and marriage) are meaningless. Values come from the people, from the bottom up, not from the top down. | ||
Mangling it in Massachusetts | |||
by Joe Michaels | |||
As a Massachusetts resident, I'm following the Governor's race closely. The Democratic candidate, Deval Patrick, is running a dignified campaign, but his old-school liberalism is dead. Nobody here wants to pay a cent more in taxes, businesses are leaving the state, the welfare state has long ago reached the point of diminshing returns. Patrick would be a status quo governor, at best. | |||
His opponent, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, is totally inept. Aside from running the most negative campaign in memory, she has yet to make a compelling case as to why anyone should vote '''for''' her, as opposed to '''against''' Patrick. One of her campaign promises (see her 50 point plan online) is to ban cell phone use by teenage drivers. | |||
Now......... | |||
Cell phone use by other drivers can be annoying, and on rare occasions, downright dangerous, but is this really a matter that needs to be dealt with through legislation? Let parents deal with their teenage sons and daughters. That's the libertarian solution. Healey would also be a status quo governor at best. | |||
Sad state of affairs. | |||
NEXT: My election night diary. | |||