Public Education
| We have the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, as
long as we remain honest — which will be as long as we can keep the
attention of our people alive. If they once become inattentive to public
affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors would all
become wolves. — Thomas Jefferson |
| Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of
"emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the
collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of
men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of
the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest
achievement that demagoguery attains. — Herbert Hoover. |
| Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? (Who is to guard the
guardians themselves?) — Juvenal, Satires, ~120 CE. |
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References
Rhetoric, by Aristotle (c. 350
BCE) — Still the classic reference on the art of public speaking and
persuasive writing.
| Give me six lines written by the most honourable of men, and I will
find an excuse in them to hang him. — Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) |
| In the twentieth century being "well-spoken" came to mean speaking
in such as way that you can't easily be discredited by being quoted out of
context. — Jon Roland, 1995 |
Educational Reform
The Lancasterian Monitorial System of
Education — The methods of the 19th century may offer the best hope
for the 21st.
Lancasterian Society
— Support private schools using the Lancasterian Monitorial System, a
method that uses more advanced students to teach less advanced students, and
teach each at his or her own best rate.
Texas Textbook Review —
Efforts to reform the ways textbooks are written.
Alliance for the Separation of School and State
— The solution for education is getting the government out of it.
Student Government —
The principles of constitutional republican government also apply, with some
adaptations, to this formative experience of future constitutionalists.
Commentary
Only
half would vote for Constitution — Why it is so important to
support efforts like this site.
John Swinton on the independence of the
press
the deliberate dumbing down of
america — Site for a book by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former
Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of Education.
| In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man; brave,
hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for
then it costs nothing to be a patriot. — Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) |
Interaction
Congressmen Weak
on Constitution — Call-in by Roland to C-SPAN with guests Sen. Howell
Heflin and Rep. Bob Inglis.
Exchange between Morris Dees and Jon
Roland, Assembly at California State University, 1999 Nov. 9 —
Illustrates use of questioning to turn an argument against someone.
Chat
Freedom chat
Audio Texts — You will usually need to download and install a player such as Realplayer.
American Phonic
| One of the first rules of effective communication is to so
compose the message as to anticipate all the ways it could be misinterpreted,
and minimize such misinterpretation. This is especially important with laws,
which are messages from the past to the future. It is well to keep in mind
Murphy's Law of Lawmaking: "If it can be misinterpreted it will be, and it will
be misinterpreted in the worst way possible." — Jon Roland, 1997 |
Letter to editors
Militias Against
Drug Lords — Letter to editor by Roland on militias as response to
drug-financed corruption.
Militias Against
Terrorism — Letter to editor by Roland on militias as response to
terrorism.
Militias and
Constitutional Republics — Letter to Soldier of Fortune re:
article by James L. Pate in Feb. 1996 issue.
| I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon
constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe
me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women;
when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no
constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it
lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it. — Judge Learned Hand |
Editors to whom letters might be sent
NewsDirectory.com — Net-accessible newspapers,
magazines, and TV stations, organized by country and state.
ABYZ News Links — Net-accessible
newspapers and magazines, organized by country and state.
NewsLink Directory — Fairly
comprehensive directory, organized by size and market, of newspapers and
magazines.
Rumor Mills Media Addresses —
Email and snailmail addresses for most U.S. newspapers and broadcast media.
ICE Media Email Addresses —
Another list.
Hanania Media Addresses — Another
list.
Thousands of Media Email Addresses
— Another list.
Primezone Media Network —
Directory, but without email addresses.
Educational Programming
John Stossel in the Classroom
| I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And what I can do, I will do. — D. L. Moody (1837-99),
paraphrased. Similar to saying of Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909). |
Talk Radio, Television & Webcasting
The first of these is a local database of talk radio and TV stations and
programs. The others mix talk media with other kinds, so you will have to pick
out those which can serve as outlets for alternative news and opinion.
Talk/News Radio & TV Directory — Local archive
of data, including WWW links and email addresses, of radio and television
stations and programs that offer listener call-in, and therefore an opportunity
to promulgate information and opinion that is ignored by the mainstream
media.
- Live & Let
Live — Longest running Libertarian talk show, on Austin
Community Access Cable. Webmaster is occasional host or guest. Saturday at
8:00 PM Central Time. Webcast live feed and partial archive. Archive up to 02/09/2008.
Republic Broadcasting Network — Several interview programs with various hosts on reform topics. You will need a media player to access online.
Philip Dru Interviews — Collection of radio
interviews of prominent opinion leaders.
More to Know Talk — Difficult to characterize this
interesting site, but worth visiting to find out what they're up lately.
Liberty Works Radio Network — Network
dedicated to champions of liberty and constitutional compliance.
Just the News — Extensive collection of
links to WWW news sources.
American Freedom Network — Alternative
network for news and commentary.
Doug Fleming's Radio Database — Radio and
TV stations, both on and off the Internet.
MIT Radio Links — Radio stations of all
kinds on the WWW.
Yahoo Radio Stations - Eastern States
Yahoo Radio Stations - Western States
INFOSEARCH Broadcasting Links — Includes
all kinds of broadcasting stations, organizations, associations, and networks.
Guide to Talk Radio Programming — Directory of
syndicated hosts and their syndicates, but lacks links to the individual hosts.
Radio on the Internet
College Radio Stations
European Radio Stations
European Radio Links
Non-Commercial Radio Sites
Radio/TV Dial Pages — Published by
Michael R. Lewis, includes
"dial pages" for each area that show what stations a person visiting there
would get on his dial, and unofficial WWW pages for every radio station.
Valuable effort, but in a very early stage of construction.
David H. Citron's South Florida Radio Pages —
Directory and news. Especially interesting is his
Media Bias Web site.
Infowars — Alex Jones is a nationally
syndicated radio and access TV talk show host based in Austin, Texas.
Jeff Davis Show — Patriot radio and access TV
talk show based in Austin, Texas.
| Throughout human history mankind has always been only one generation away from barbarism — Unknown origin. |
College or postgraduate institutions
These are a few institutions which offer courses that are avoid statist
dogma.
University of Chicago — Hotbed of libertarian
thought and research and the alma mater of the webmaster. See their
Law School.
Hillsdale College — Refuse to accept
government funding to avoid the undue influence that comes with it.
Grove City College — Refuse to accept
government funding to avoid the undue influence that comes with it.
New Saint Andrews College — Refuse to accept
government funding to avoid the undue influence that comes with it.
Regent University — Christian graduate school
in Virginia. Have an especially good
School of Law.
Virginia Commonwealth University — Have a
proposal for a
constitutional studies program.
Pepperdine University — West Coast institution
with a conservative cast, especially their
School of Law.
Robert Welch University —
Dedicated to providing a classical education with a focus on American
constitutional values.
YorktownUniversity.com — Dedicated
to the study of Western law, philosophy, and the history of Western
civilization.
Homeschooling Resources — We can hardly do
justice to all the sites that have emerged, but here is a sample:
Homeschool World — Popular site on
the subject.
Homeschooling Today — Magazine devoted to the
subject.
Home Education Magazine— Magazine
devoted to the subject.
Homefires— The Journal of Homeschooling
Online.
The Homeschool Zone— Gateway to homeschooling
resources.
Homeschooling Texas— Focus on the
Lone Star State.
EducationalFreedom.com — Defending the right
of parents to teach their children better than public educational systems
do.
Teacher Honor Roll — Here are a few teachers
who are doing a good job of teaching constitutional principles.
TeachWeb — George Thomson, Nogales High
School, Arizona.