Tea Party Metaphysics (Part 2)

October 22, 2010

(Guest post by Greg Forster)

Part two of my article on the relationship between economic and social conservatism is up over at Public Discourse. As promised, vouchers make an appearance:

Educational entrepreneurship is our only hope for replacing the failed 19th-century model that now reigns in both public and private schools. But social conservatives, a key political constituency of America’s school voucher programs, always oppose designing those programs in a way that would empower entrepreneurship. They want to put more kids in religious schools, but not expose those schools to the competition entrepreneurs would create. But while competition makes people uncomfortable, it is the only vital, life-giving force that can keep institutions mission-focused and drive them to be their best.

I have some tough love for the economic conservatives in there, too.

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Tea Party Metaphysics (Part 1)

October 21, 2010

(Guest post by Greg Forster)

For those who are interested, over on Public Discourse I have an article out this morning on the changing relationship between social and economic conservatives, as illustrated by the phenomenon of the tea party.

It’s the first of two parts. School vouchers will make an appearance in Part 2, so stay tuned!

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