Since Egon is self-identified as having a "Target bias," I see no need to lecture him about the morality of recusing himself from the debate -- unless, of course, you or others need to have a "managed debate."
You need to check into www.johntaylorgatto.com and see what he thinks about what's wrong with this country (and not just in the so-called education arena).
Frankly, I've never seen Egon before on this Forum, and I suspect others have not either, especially considering that Free Republic has tens of thousands of active users.
Therefore, I simply wanted to raise a flag for my fellow FReepers who might not have understood where Egon's persistent defense of Target originated.
Maybe he need not "recuse" himself, but for the majority of FReepers who, on any given thread, do not know that he and his spouse have a financial interest in spinning this Target story, full disclosure on each thread on which he is spinning seems appropriate.