Joel Turtel

Commissioner Downey’s Dilemma

SCENE: Sydney, Australia: "Sir, what are we to do about all this crime?," asked Commissioner John Downey, Sydney's Chief of Police, to the Australian Minister of Security, Percy Sumner. Commissioner Downey, tall, forty years old, square shoulders, c... Read >

Public School Excuse #1 –- Give Us More Money!

If more money meant better education for our kids, our public schools should have vastly improved over the last 75 years. Yet the reverse is true. In dollars adjusted for inflation, public schools spent about $876 per year for elementary and secondary sc... Read >

How the

One of the most common arguments that school authorities use to justify public schools is that all children have a "right" to an education. Public-school apologists claim that all children have a right to an education, and that only the existenc... Read >