One More Thing...

On the topic of the anti-public education conspiracy. One could plausibly argue that the worse thing President Bush has done to public education is not embrace the education policies of the radical right. After all, the chief historical legacy of the Bush Administration will be exposing just how foolish the various policy fantasies of the extreme political right really are. By actually trying to privatize Social Security, raise revenue by cutting taxes, achieve peace through endless war, etc., President Bush has set back the cause of crackpot right-wing policy entrepreneurs by a generation or more. The anti-public education folks have managed to escape all of this, and are thus free to hold conferences, raise money, and peddle their fringe theories with impunity for the foreseeable future.