[Nebullis]

If the public schools were the only arena of public sphere your shift of the argument to compulsary funding of public education (whatever merit it has on its own) might be less irrelevant to the topic at hand.

[OWK]

If the public schools were the only arena of public sphere your shift of the argument to compulsary funding of public education (whatever merit it has on its own) might be less irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Inasmuch as the posted article (dealing with public schools) WAS the subject at hand, I'd suggest you try to pay better attention.

[Uriel1975]

If the public schools were the only arena of public sphere your shift of the argument to compulsary funding of public education (whatever merit it has on its own) might be less irrelevant to the topic at hand.

No "shift". If you'll notice, that's what the posted article concerns -- the public schools.

If you wish for your comments to be considered germane, Neb, you might try reading the article in question.

Just a thought.