Program Idea for the Department of Education

Dear Mr. President:

The Department of Education should formulate two educational programs concerning socialism.  One would be addressed to fifth graders and the other to tenth graders.  The programs would be the product of leading historians and economists, who would educate students as to the history of socialism, its economic failure, its political failure, and its history of mass murder.  The showing of the two programs would be a prerequisite for states’ eligibility for federal aid.

Zilvinas Silenas, a refugee from Lithuania and the new president of the Foundation for Economic Education, recently appeared in an interview on Dan Elmendorf’s Redeemer Broadcasting (http://redeemerbroadcasting.org/content/plain-answer-podcasts / A Plain Answer: A Case Study - Socialism as it was in Lithuania - Zilvinas Silenas ).  In the interview Silenas describes in vivid detail the horrible realities of socialism. Material like this could be combined with history that short circuits the left-wing indoctrination that is occurring in America’s schools.  Indeed, a discussion of political correctness and biases in the educational system should be a part of the presentation, which would be given in one-to-two-hour assemblies of students. 

The chief argument against this idea is that it can be coopted and turned into a pro-socialist presentation when the Democrats gain power.  However, such a step would create a focal point for debate, for much of the subversion currently occurs more subtly.

Along with Silenas and FEE, Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars could help appoint a commission that would create the presentation.

Something needs to be done now about the misinformation in which American students are being indoctrinated.   

Sincerely,

Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.

Cc: The Honorable Betsy DeVos

My Interview on Redeemer Broadcasting

Dan Elmendorf of Olivebridge, NY interviewed me on his Redeemer Broadcasting radio chain, which has seven stations in upstate New York, New Jersey, and Maryland.  The interview will air on May 27, and it is linked here. The stations include WFSO, WNEQ, WYNE, and WXMD. The interview concerns the link between university scientism and political intolerance.

My Radio Interview with Dan Elmendorf on Redeemer Broadcasting

My friend Dan Elmendorf, who lives in nearby Olivebridge, runs Redeemer Broadcasting,  a Christian radio network that airs locally and in a couple of other states. The stations are FM WFSO Olivebridge, 88.3, Kingston, 105.3 Catskill, 101.1, Newburgh, 90.3 WNEQ, Taylortown, New Jersey 90.3, and WXMD California, Maryland 89.7.  

Dan interviewed me last Friday, and the interview aired today. The subject was the United Nations and its Agenda 21, which Olive residents know from the town plan battles of the past few years.  The link is http://www.redeemerbroadcasting.org/podcasts/apa_030715_Agenda_21--M_Langbert.mp3

Mercatus Institute Finds that New York Is the Least-Free State

Dan Elmendorf of Redeemer Broadcasting sent me this video from the Mercatus Institute.  Prof. Will Ruger of Texas State University, San Marcos and Prof. Jason Sorens of SUNY Buffalo used a detailed procedure to rank the 50 states as to their degrees of freedom.  The lowest is New York and the highest are New Hampshire and South Dakota.  The video below provides some additional information about the study. 

There is an interesting parallel.  Recall the television miniseries, John Adams. It's fun to re-watch it on Independence Day (see below).   According to its account of the Continental Congress's signing of the Delcaration of Independence 236 years ago, New York was the only state to abstain on the initial vote, while the first state to vote for it was New Hampshire.  Let us also recall New York's contribution to national politics.  Alexander Hamilton, the inventor of big government, lived in New York City for most of his life.  Theodore Roosevelt, the inventor of Progressivism, lived and worked in New York for most of his life. The inventor of the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt, also came from the Hudson Valley.

In my lifetime the State of New York has been in contnual decline. I live here for family reasons.