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[snip] Freedom. At Salon economist Brad DeLong remembers Milton Friedman’s response when General William Westmoreland denounced the idea of phasing out the draft in the 70s, saying he didn’t want to command “an army of mercenaries.” The late Friedman asked, “Would you rather command an army of slaves?” Westmoreland got angry: “I don’t like to hear our patriotic draftees referred to as slaves.” Friedman: “I don’t like to hear our patriotic volunteers referred to as mercenaries….If they are mercenaries, then I, sir, am a mercenary professor, and you, sir, are a mercenary general.” –Harold Henderson | hhenderson@chicagoreader.com
[snip] Not rocket science. “While high school science labs have been undergoing a slow but steady overhaul since the Vallas years, it’s a lucky elementary school that has any lab space, let alone running water and gas for
