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Edgeley landowner Gene Hanson has received media attention in the past for his messages plowed in his fields. Hanson says it started with "Happy Mother's Day" and "Happy Easter" sentiments, but his messages took a political turn in recent years. Most recently, Hanson plowed the message "We Stand For The National Anthem" in a bean field. The message even garnered the attention of President Donald Trump, who has been critical of NFL players who take a knee in protest during the national anthem. Trump took to social media to recognize Hanson: "Thank you Gene Hanson — a GREAT American (and...

The teachers' unions blockade, which deprives poor children of good education, is starting to crack. The latest fissures are created by a study of the country's largest private school choice program. According to researchers, the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program, which provides vouchers, increased college enrollment rates by about 6 percentage points for students who participated at all. For those who were in the program for four or more years, the college enrollment rate was as much as 17 points higher. Before anyone leaps to suggest that this really just means those schools cream off the best students, opponents of...