St. Thomas saved my sanity bump.
The only high-school-level course that is essential, outside religious instruction, is Aristotelean logic / Scholasticism —at least it would be essential for any school claiming to teach “critical thinking skills.”
When I hear that phrase uttered by school committee members or school supers, I just laugh. Sad, really.
You’ve tried the rest. Don’t settle for less. Than St. Thomas.
Objection 1: Videtur that Free Republic does not need a like button. For users can comment at any time. And if user wants to convey approval of a post, he can simply reply tothe post and make a comment.
sed contra: Dicitur, "Let your communication be 'Yay,' and 'Nay.' From all else cometh evil."
Respondeo:
While in a certain sense it is sufficiently convenient to press the reply button and wait for the comment screen to load, and then to type and proofread a reply, yet for those pressed for time or burdened with a slow connection or incapable of typing, the effort is hardly worth it.
And so while we see that FR is well set up for lengthy discourses, we also should note that for brief expressions of approbation or for those in a hurry there is still room for improvement.
The reply to the objection is evident from the answer.