The Core Knowledge Blog

“From liberals like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to conservatives like George H.W. Bush and John McCain, our political landscape is full of people who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk,” notes the WorldWide Education Blog.  “They oversee budgets, funding, and legislation, but they don’t deem public schools suitable for their own children…just yours.”

Earl Butz, the Nixon-Ford era cabinet member remembered mostly for his mouth, famously got himself in hot water with his quip about the Pope’s stance on contraception, “He no play-a da game. He no make-a da rules.”  I’ll just say it might inspire more confidence if more of our top elected officials played the game.  Or had the courage of their convictions.