[etlib]

Red-State children are less likely to be shot-up in school, or killed by drug gangs, or hooked on heroin, or OBESE, or blown up by terrorists ... you get the idea ...

Yep!

This article is a classic example of selecting the evidence which supports a predetermined position and ignoring anything to the contrary.

PS, the reason for the article lies in the quotes:

Joel J. Alpert: “It is unconscionable for policymakers and parents to allow two very different Americas to exist today for our children. ... We can and must erase the differences that exist today for children in ‘red’ and ‘blue’ states.

Sarah M. Greene: “I am pleased to see that the author correctly recognizes the danger posed to American children ... We wholeheartedly endorse the portion of the ‘Homeland insecurity’ that calls for full-scale national/state-level support for early childhood education … including full funding of Head Start.”

Elizabeth J. Clark: “... We call on the government to make that same investment. ...  we implore lawmakers to make their well-being the centerpiece of the 2008 elections and beyond.”

The book Homeland Insecurity: outlines a 10-year, $500 billion “Invest in Kids” agenda to improve the life chances of all U.S. children, regardless of where they live

 Just another attempt to get more federal level socialist policies.

[nascarnation]

I'm old enough (59) to remember the "War on Poverty"
there was definitely less poverty BEFORE that war
nothing has been as destructive to American society as the socialist intervention of big government