What Hope? | The New Republic

Yes, and the culture of stupid certainly crosses all ethnic, racial and religious lines. I cringe when thinking of what the 'leaders' of so many communities who need real help, education and discipline actually did TO damage the very people they claimed to want to help. Whether by coddling or downright vicious criminality (I'm looking at you Sharpton) the people who needed them most were the ones that were let down.

Tragically.

What Hope? | The New Republic: "Still, at the end of day, as Wax puts it:

"The government cannot make people watch less television, talk to their children, or read more books. It cannot ordain domestic order, harmony, tranquility, stability, or other conditions conducive to academic success and the development of sound character. Nor can it determine how families structure their interactions and routines or how family resources—including time and money—are expended. Large-scale programs are especially ineffective in changing attitudes and values toward learning, work, and marriage."

It would have been rather callous if anyone wrote this a few years past the Great Society heyday, when little could be known as to whether a New New Deal was going to turn black America upside down. But now these truths must be stated.