Heh...speaking of social commentary, notice that about the first thing that happened once the Dark Lord took over the Ministry was that homeschooling was banned? ;-)
Heh, good point!
I noticed that, too.
I thought the same thing. Go JKR.
My most favorite part of the social commentary was that the newspapers lie to promote an agenda.
I can't thank J.K. enough for warning kids not to believe everything they read in a newspaper or hear on the news, and for making heroes and heroines out of kids who try hard to figure the truth out for themselves.