The Blumenfeld Education Letter June 1988

8/7/2019 The Blumenfeld Education Letter June 1988

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The BlumenfeldEducation LetterliMy People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge" HOSEA 4:6

June 1988 Vol. III. No.6 (letter # 22)EDITOR: Samuel L. BlumenfeldThe purpose of this newsletter is to provide knowledge tor parents and educators who want to save the children of Americafrom the destructive fortes thaI endanger them. Our children in the public schools


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I a m c o n v i n c e d t h a t p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n h a s b e e n t a k e n o v e r b y a s a t a n i c d e a t hc u l t . A l l o n e h a s t o d o i s s e e t o w h a t e x t e n t d e a t h e d u c a t i o n a n d r e l a t e d s u b j e c tm a t t e r a r e n o w b e i n g t a u g h t i n v i r t u a l l y e v e r y f a c e t o f t h e c u r r i c u l u m t o u n d e r -s t a n d w h a t h a s h a p p e n e d . D e a t h e d u c a t i o n h a s e v e n f o u n d i t s w a y i n t o s o m e p r i v a t ea n d p a r o c h i a l s c h o o l s . I t i s a s u r e s i g n o f t h e w i d e s p r e a d i n f l u e n c e t h a t N e w A g eo c c u l t i s m i s h a v i n g o n A m e r i c a n e d u c a t i o n .

R e c e n t l y , a f t e r l i d c o m p l e t e d a l e c t u r e , a y o u n g m a n i n h i s l a t e t w e n t i e s c a m eu p t o m e a n d s a i d t h a t w h e n h e w a s i n h i g h s c h o o l h i s a l g e b r a t e a c h e r t o o k t h ec l a s s t o a c e m e t e r y . H e s a i d t h a t t h e e x p e r i e n c e l e f t a " b l a c k s p o t " i n h i s h e a r tw h i c h h e c o u l d n o t g e t r i d o f , a n d t h a t y e a r s l a t e r , t h e e x p e r i e n c e s t i l l t r o u b l e dh i m .A n e d i t o r f r i e n d o f m i n e p u t h i s c h i l d i n a p u b l i c s c h o o l d e s p i t e m y w a r n i n go f t h e d a n g e r s h i s c h ild w o u 1 d f a c e . O n e d a y , i n t h e s e c o n d g r a d e , t h e c h i1d c a m eh o m e w i t h a n a r i t h m e t i c p r o b l e m b a s e d o n t h e r e a d i n g o f a n o b i t u a r y . M y f r i e n dp r o m p t l y r e m o v e d h i s c h i l d f r o m t h e s c h o o l a n d i s n o w h o m e - s c h o o l i n g h i m . B u t t h ed a m a g e m a y h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n d o n e .

M a s s iv e F a il u r eM e a n w h i l e , o u r e d u c a t i o n a l I I l e a d e r s l i h a v e w a r n e d u s o f m a s s i v e a c a d e m i cf a i l u r e in t h e y e a r s a h e a d . T h e w a r n i n g w a s g i v e n a f t e r a c o n f e r e n c e h e l d o nJ u n e 1, 1987 b y t h e F o r u m o f E d u c c l t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n L e a d e r s i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .T h e w a r n i n g s t a t e d : " I f w e a r e t o m e e t t h i s c h a l l e n g e s u c c e s s f u l l y , t h e r e f o r m o ft h e l a s t f i v e y e a r s m a y p a l e a g a i n s t t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e n e x t 1 0 . "B u t a s w e a l l k n o w t h e r e f o r m s o f t h e l a s t f i v e y e a r s h a v e b e e n a f l o p , n o -w h e r e p r o d u c i n g t h e e x c e 11e n c e the p u b 1i c w a s t o l d t h e r e f o r m s w o u 1d p r o d u c e . I nf a c t , a c a d e m i c a c h i e v e m e n t h a s c o n t i n u e d t o d e c l i n e . W h a t h a v e i m p r o v e d a r et e a c h e r s s a l a r i e s , n o w a t t h e i r h i g h e s t l e v e l .M e a n w h i l e , a t t e m p t s t o a v e r t t h i s a c a d e m i c c a t a s t r o p h e b y g e t t i n g i n t e n s i v ep h o n ; c s i n t o f i r s t - g r a d e r e a d ; n g p r o g r a m s a r e b e i n g m e t b y rabt d, h o s t i l e o p p o -s i t i o n f r o m t h e t e a c h i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t . A f t e r a l l , f a i l u r e w i l l g e t t h e e d u c a t o r sm u c h m o r e m o n e y f r o m t h e t a x p a y e r t h a n s u c c e s s . A c c o r d i n g t o M a r y F u t r e l l , p r e s i -d e n t o f t h e N . L A ! , "The A m e r i c a n p e o p l e h a v e n o t a c c e p t e d t h i s [ f a i l u r e ] a s am a j o r c o n c e r n . U n t i l i t b e c o m e s a n a t i o n a l p r i o r i t y , w e i l l p l o d a l o n g a s w e a r et o d a y . IIS h e l i e s . A m e r i c a n s h a v e a c c e p t e d a c a d e m i c f a i l u r e a s a m a j o r c o n c e r n , o r e l s e50 s t a t e s w o u l d n o t h a v e e n a c t e d e x p e n s i v e e d u c a t i o n r e f o r m b i l l s t o p r o d u c ee d u c a t i o n a l e x c e l l e n c e . W h a t t h e l a s t f i v e y e a r s h a v e p r o v e n i s t h a t g i v i n g t h ee d u c a t o r s m o r e m o n e y d o e s n o t g e t u s t h e i m p r o v e m e n t w e w a n t . A n d t h a t ' s b e c a u s e

t h e e d u c a t o r s h a v e n o i n t e n t i o n o f c h a n g i n g t h e b a s i c p r o g r e s s i v e e d u c a t i o np h i l o s o p h y t h a t g o v e r n s t h e s y s t e m t o d a y a n d i s t h e c a u s e o f o u r a c a d e m i c d e l i n e .D r i f t T o w a rd S u r r e n d e r

O n t h e p o l i t i c a l f r o n t t h e s i g n s a r e j u s t a s o m i n o u s . A s u p p o s e d l y c o n s e r v a -t i v e P r e s i d e n t h a s o c c u p i e d t h e W h i t e H o u s e f o r e i g h t y e a r s , b u t t h e d r i f t t o w a r dA m e r i c a n s u r r e n d e r t o c o m m u n i s m c o n t i n u e s . T h e C o n t r a s m u s t s t i l l b e g C o n g r e s s f o rt h e w h e r e w i t h a l t o c o n t i n u e t h e i r s t r u g g l e a g a i n s t S o v i e t - s t y l e c o m m u n i s m i nC e n t r a l A m e r i c a . C o l . O l i v e r N o r t h a n d h i s c o l l e a g u e s m u s t s t a n d t r i a l f o r a i d i n gt h e C o n t r a s w i t h o u t C o n g r e s s i o n a l a p p r o v a l .L.....- T h e B 1 U l 8 l f e l dEdJcatioo L e t t e r - Post Office B o x 4 51 61 - B o i s e , I d a t v J8 3 7 1 1 - -


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Donald M cAlvany writes : "Bill Casey is dead , O llie North is out, so areK irkpatrick, Buchanan and virtually all o ther conservatives . The National SecurityCouncil has been purged of an tii-Communis ts by the pro-Soviet Frank Carlucci whohas now replaced the pa trio tic , an ti-Communis t Caspar Weinberger as Secretary o fDefense . A new pro -Soviet Secre tary o f tonmerce has been in s talled , and a proces so f unila te ral d isa rmamen t and surrender to the Soviets has begun ."In the wake of Carlucc i's defense cuts , Navy Secreta ry James W ebb res ignedabruptly in February, accusing Carlucci o f abandoning the adm in is tra tion 's s ta tedgoal o f a 60 0 -ship Navy. W ebb is a highly decorated M arine ve teran of the Vietnamwar .An unmistakable s ign of surrender was Reagan 's appo in tm en t of C . W illiamVeri ty as Secreta ry o f Comnerce, Th is has s igna 1ed the adm i n is tra t ion 's approva 1of massive high- tech trans fers to the Sovie t Un ion . Verity, pres iden t o f ArmcoSteel, is a long-tim e leader o f the US-USSR Trade and Econom ic Counc il (USTEC).The Council was founded in 1 9 7 3 by the CO lll11erce Departmen t to facilita te US-Soviettrade . It is headed by US and Soviet co-cha irm en and 60 d irecto rs , even ly splitbe tween US and Soviet members . Accord ing to a Sta te Departmen t report, one thirdof the Soviet d irec to rs have been iden tified as known or suspec ted KGBagen ts .

C o l l a b o r a t i n g w i t h C o m m u n is mEarl ier this year USTEC sponsored a trip by 500 US businessmen to Moscow toaccelerate US aid to the Soviet economy. Names of the corpora tions engaged in thistreasonous trade are kept secret by the Commerce Departm en t. As Senato r Helmsobserved in the Verity confinmation deba te:"W e have the absurd situa tion where hundreds o f m illions o f do lla rs ' worth o fgoods and techno logy have been exported to Communis t coun tries (yet) all thein fo rmation has been kept secre t . A s I s tand on the Senate floo r, I cannotreveal the name of an exporter, iiUnited States co rpora tion , le t a lone a financ ialin s titution that is dealing in the mos t sens itive ways w ith the Soviet Un ion ."The Congres s spen t mon ths and m illions of do llars investiga ting every detailo f O liver North 's ac tivities , yet our Congressmen w ill not spend a day inves ti-gating the massive treason go ing on among the members o f USTEC! RichardLandkamer, a Hous ton researcher, has tried to pene tra te the curta in o f secrecythat pro tects USTEC by fil ing a Freedom of In fo rmation suit, on ly to find noin fo rmation fo rthcom ing. What USTEC doesn 't want Americans to know is the exten tto which the Soviet Empire is Ibe ing funded by American banks and corporations ,funds which have enabled the Soviet Un ion to pursue its pol icy of aid i ng andabetting communis t revo lutions and guerrilla wars around the globe .Where is it all lead ing to? Accord ing to Donald M cAlvany: "David Rockefelle r,

A rmand Hammer, George Schulz, th4~ Libera l Eastern E s tablishmen t, and the po liticalleft are today in 100% con tro l o f Rona ld Reagan and his Adm in is tra tion . Theirimmediate goals a re U .S. un ila tera l d isarm ament and the election or ascens ion topower o f George Bush. Their tnternedtate goals over the next three to five yearsare a merger o f the common tnterests of, and an a lliance between America and theSovie t Union . The ir longer te rm goals over the next five to ten years are globa lgovernment -- a New World O rder dom inated by these ind ividuals ."A very sobering ana lys is ! In education , the same patte rn o f surrender isquite clear. In Geneva in Nov. 1 9 8 5 , P res ident Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachevfo rma lly s igned the "Genera 1 Agreement II between the US and USSR ca 11 i ng for"Contacts , E xchanges and Cooperation in Scien tific , Techn ical, E ducational,

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Cultural and other Field s . 1I This agreemen t was engineered by the Carnegie Corpo -ration , a private foundation that has been promoting one-world progress ive educa-tion fo r decades . Already, teams of American and Soviet textboo~ specialis ts havedeterm ined that all an ti-Soviet, ant l-conmunts t s ta tements in American textbooksmus t be removed in order to promote greater unders tand ing of the communis t way oflife by American child ren . -A r e W e B e i n g C h e c k m a t e d ?

The Russians are great players of chess and in their game w ith the U .S. theyare determ ined to checkmate us . In 19 84 Robert Conques t, an expert in Soviets tra tegy, authored an in triguing book entitled What to 00 When the Russ ians Come.C on quest w ro te:In itia lly American surrendE!r m ight no t be given such a harsh name. Americawould be allowed to save a certa in amount of face -- whether it had to backdown because o f Soviet superio rity of weapons or because it had lo s t an actualwar -- by disguis ing the unp leasantnes s o f fo rmal surrender under some suchrubric as a "d is arm am en t a gre em en t. u America would agree to the d ispatch ofSoviet "tnspect ion teams" to monitor the "agreemen t." The teams would be

m ilitary and would set up bases in key areas . Their cons is ten t and rapidrein fo rcement, which the United States would be powerles s to halt, wouldnaturally lead , w ithout undue lo ss of time, to full-scale Soviet control.This hypothetical scenario is already becom ing a reality. Under the INFdisa rmament treaty s igned by the U .S. and the Soviet Un ion in December 1987Secretary of State George Schulz has clearly ind icated that the Soviets w ill begiven a m ilitary base in Denver, Co lo rado , near the U .S. M ilitary A ir Defenseheadquarters . A lready, Soviet m ilitary personnel have vis ited and in spected thesite.Accord ing to U . S. News & World Report o f 6/27/88: I'Starting July 1, a team ofhighly tra ined Soviet Agents , under the aegis of their P en tagon hosts , w ill be

swarm i ng a 11 over U . S . bases . IICheckmate may come sooner than we think. American res is tance to communism hasvirtually ended . Not on ly have we ceased to res is t communism~ but we will ceaseaid ing those who do. In add ition , we are engaged in a massive effort to build upand s trengthen the Soviet economy. American tra ito rs in Congress are making it a llappear as "cooperation fo r peace ."C o n s e q u e n c e s o f D e f e a t

Will Americans wake up? Yes , when the U.S. defeat in Cen tral America turnsthe presen t flood of refugees from communism into a tidal wave. It is imposs iblefor America to perm it the Contras to go down to defeat w ithout suffering enormousconsequences . The presen t turmoil in Central America will seem like a picniccompared to the revo lutionary terror that will grip the entire region if theSand in is tas are perm itted to ccnsol tdate their power permanen tly.

Can this chain o f even ts be averted? O nly if the American people elect aCongress that refuses to surrende.r to Soviet dom ination . But this will not beeasy. The mass media is con tro lled by the same interlocking corporate ownershipand ; nfl uence that is making it poss i b 1e fo r USTEC to betray Ameri ca wi thimpunity. This is the same mass med ia that has deliberately elevated Gorbachev tothe s ta tus o f world s ta tesman . The in fluence o f the med ia over the electiveproces s is such that few conservatives will be able to become candidates w ithouts trong grass -roots support.' - - - - - - - - T h e B lumen fe ldEd Jc at io o L et te r - Pos t Office B o x 4 51 61 - B oise , Id aho 8371l--------l


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S o v ie t S a b o t a g eAnd while the Soviet economy is a baske t case , w ith severe shortages ofconsumer goods , the communis t Iregime is moving ahead in the space race . TheSoviets are about to take the 'lead . And this is no acciden t. Accord ing to theAmerican Freedom Journa l (M ay 1988), Washington in telligence experts bel ieve theChallenger Space Shuttle dtsas ter may have been caused by Soviet sabo tage . The

W ashington Inquirer reports speculation that a Soviet sn iper could have brought onthe d isas ter by firing one or' tw o rifle sho ts at the weak spo t in the shuttle 'srocke t boos ter seals .Supporting the theory are the fo llow ing fac ts : 1. A NASA safety expert whoknew details of shuttle vulnerabilities defected to the Soviet Un ion severalmonths befo re the challenger l aunch. 2. Soviet surveillance vessels , pos s iblyaware o f danger, abruptly left their usual monitoring pos itions o ff Cape Canavera lshortly before the launch. 3. There is virtually no security around the launchsite. 4. The body of a man never i den t i fi ed was found on the beach near thelaunch s ite jus t after the explos ion .All of the above have been i'gnored by the investigative reporte rs of our mass

med ia who spen t mon ths investigating every poss ible facet o f Contra aid . There hasbeen a whole series of acciden ts tha t have brought our space program to a stand-s till. Yet, no t a scin tilla of suspicion is vo iced in the mass media that theseacciden ts may have been the resu"lt of sabotage. No inves tigations . No exposes . Yetm illions of do llars and thousands o f man-hours are spen t investigating O llieNorth!I s ; T h e r e a W a y O u t ?

The American people are beinu betrayed by their po litical leadership in leaguew ith powerful econom ic in teres ts . It is obvious that the conspira to rs con tro l thehighes t levels o f our governmen t's po licy making apparatus and that they are nowwilling to risk exposure in o rder to save the Soviet empire from its in ternald is in tegration . Apparently the econom ic s ituation in the Soviet Un ion has becomeso desperate that the Soviets neHd the same kind of mass ive aid today that we gavethem during World W ar II. The irony is that we are surrendering to a to talitarianpower tha t canno t carry out its plan o f conques t w ithout our help! In o ther words ,we have the means to defeat our ~~nemy, but ins tead prefer to help him defeat us .How can one explain such pervers ton of purpose? Only by unders tanding howSatan works in the depraved hear1 ts o f corrupt men. What o ther motive can there be?Communis ts , like the Nazis , represen t moral and spiritua l depravity in its mos tbrutal, an ti-human form . Those men who co llaborate w ith communism , who aid andabet it, are as morally and spiritually depraved as communis ts them selves . Theyare w illing accomplices to the crim es connuntsts commit, and they are jus t asguilty. They do Satan 's work and spit in God 's face . They are beneath contempt.How to defeat them? O nly a grass -roots movemen t o f res is tance to surrenderw ill be able to res tore America to its true God-fearing self. Such a movemen t isalready grow ing among Chris tian home-schoo lers who have removed their child renfrom the satan ic public schools and are as serting their unalienable parentalrights to raise their dli1d renas Chris tian s . If enough Chris tian s wake up soonenough, we may be able to avert America1s complete takeover by Satan .

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_ - - - - - - - - - - E d u c a t i o n L e t t e r , P g . 7 , J u n e 1980-----------_,I t ' s " a d e p r e s s i n g o c c a s i o n , " s a i dC h e s t e r F i n n , a s s i s t a n t U . S . e d u c a t i o ns e c r e t a r y . " W e ' r e s p e n d i n g t o n s o fm o n e y ( o n s c h o o l s ) a n d n o t g e t t i n g o u rm o n e y l s w o r t h . "A c c o r d i n g t o A l b e r t S h a n k e r , p r e s i -d e n t o f t h e A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o fT e a c h e r s , m a t h c l a s s e s a r e d o m i n a t e d b yl e c t u r e s , c h a l k b o a r d presentat t o n s a n dw o r k b o o k s - - a n d " t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o fo u r s t u d e n t s d o n o t l e a r n t h a t w a y . "J o h n D o s s e y o f I l l i n o i s S t a t e U n i -v e r s i t y , p a s t p r e s i d e n t o f t h e N a t i o n a lC o u n c i l o f T e a c h e r s o f M a t h e m a t i c s ,a g r e e s : " T h e s c h o o l c u r r i c u l u m m u s t p r yi t s e l f f r e e o f i t s h e a v y r e l i a n c e o np a p e r - a n d - p e n c i l d r i l l . " H e u r g e st o u g h e r s t a t e c e r t i f i c a t i o n r e q u i r e -m e n t s t o p r o d u c e m o r e " m a t h e m a t i c a l l yq u a l i f i e d t e a c h e r s . " ( U S A T o d a y ,6 / 8 / 8 8 )C o m m e n t : S o m e b o d y o u g h t t o t e l lM e s s r s . S h a n k e r a n d D o s s e y a b o u t J o h nS a x o n ' s r e m a r k a b l y e f f e c t i v e m a t h b o o k sn o w b e i n g u s e d b y m a n y h o m e - s c h o o l e r s .B u t t h e n t h e y m i g h t r e a c t t o S a x o n a s

t h e y d o t o i n t e n s i v e p h o n i c s ! I B a c k 1 nJ a n u a r y , w h e n M r . L a p o i n t e r e l e a s e d t h er e a d i n g s c o r e s w h i c h s h o w e d s h a r p d r o p si n r e a d i n g p e r f o r m a n c e , h e c h a r a c -t e r i z e d t h e r e s u l t s a s " u n b e l i e v a b l e . "M r . F i n n w a s a l s o s h o c k e d . "I 1 m p r e t t yd i s g u s t e d b y t h i s , " h e s a i d . T h e n i nM a r c h c a m e r e v e l a t i o n s a b o u t h o w p o o r l yA m e r i c a ' s t o p s c i e n c e s t u d e n t s d i dc o m p a r e d w i t h s t u d e n t s i n 17 c o u n t r i e s .U . S . 5 t h g r a d e r s r a n k e d 8 t h a n d o u r 9 t hg r a d e r s r a n k e d 1 5 t h l U . S . 1 2 t h g r a d e r ss t u d y i n g b i o l o g y s c o r e d b e l o w s t u d e n t sf r o m 1 6 o t h e r c o u n t r i e s . C o m m e n t e dW i l l i a m B e n n e t t , S e c r e t a r y o f E d u c a -t i o n , " A m e r i c a n e l e m e n t a r y a n d h i g h -s c h o o l s t u d e n t s a r e n o t j u s t i n a ' d e a ds t a 11. I t h e y ' r e d o i n g e v e n w o r s e .T h e y l r e i n r e v e r s e a n d g o i n g d o w n h i l l . "( B E L , A p r . 8 8 )

u . s . Students Being BrainwashedB y " P e a c e " E d u c a t io n

A m e e t ; n g b y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s - - o fe i g h t c o n s e r v a t i v e f o u n d a t i o n s a n do r g a n i z a t i o n s i n C h i c a g o i n A p r i l h a st h r o w n t h e s p o t l i g h t o n t h e p h e n o m e n o no f " p e a c e " e d u c a t i o n p r e s e n t l y b e i n gp u s h e d i n t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s b y t h er a d i c a l l e f t .

T h e "peace" p r o g r a m t e a c h e s c h i l -d r e n f r o m k i n d e r g a r t e n t h r o u g h h i g hs c h o o l t h a t w a r s a r e c a u s e d b y t h ew e a p o n s d e m o c r a c i e s c o n s t r u c t f o r t h e i rd e f e n s e 9 t h a t t h e r e w a s n o r e a s o n f o rt h e U . S . t o u s e t h e a t o m i c b o m b a g a i n s tJ a p a n i n 1 9 4 5 ~ t h a t e c o n o m i c " c o m p e t i -tton" ( i n s t e a d o f "shar l n q " ) i s w h a td i v i d e s t h e w o r l d i n t o h o s t i l e c a m p s ,a n d t h a t t h e C o l d W a r w a s e s s e n t i a l l yt h e f a u l t o f t h e U . S .

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U n i o n a n d t h e U . S . i s e n c o u r a g e d . a n do n e c u r r i c u l u m g u i d e t e l l s s t u d e n t s ," T h i n k o f t h e U . S . a n d U . S . S . R . a sr i v a l s t r e e t g a n g s . "D e a t h a n d d e s t r u c t i o n c a u s e d b y w a ra r e l u r i d l y e m p h a s i z e d , w i t h " d e a t he d u c a t i o n " a d d e d t o c o n c e n t r a t e t h ee m o t i o n a l a t t e n t i o n o f t h e y o u n g . T h el o s s o f l i b e r t y t h a t w o u l d f o l l o w f r o ma p a c i f i s t f o r e i g n p o l i c y , h o w e v e r , i sn e v e r w e i g h e d . T h e u s e o f f o r c e , e v e ni n s e l f - d e f e n s e , i s t r e a t e d a s a n u n -c i v i l i z e d o p t i o n .F r e e - e n t e r p r i s e e c o n o m i e s a r ev i e w e d u n f a v o r a b l y b y g l o b a l e d u c a t o r s .O n e o f t h e c e n t e r IS g u i d e s t e 11 s t h et e a c h e r t o " s tmule t e e c o n o m i c s b y h a v -i n g s t u d e n t s s c r a m b l e f o r c o i n s t o s s e do n f l o o r . 1 I S t u d e n t s a r e t h e n a s k e d t o" r e d i s t r i b u t e " t h e c o i n s " m o r e e q u i -t a b l y . " P r i v a t e p r o p e r t y i s t r e a t e d a sa s o u r c e o f s o c i a l c o n f l i c t . n o t o n e o ft h e f o u n d a t i o n s o f p r o s p e r o u s e c o n o m i e sa n d p o l i t i c a l l i b e r t y . A m e r i c a i s d e -s c r i b e d a s t h e w o r l d ' s w o r s t p o l l u t e r ,f o r w h o m " a l l t h e w o r l d ' s a t o i l e t . "T h e p e a c e a n d g l o b a l c u r r i c u l a rg u i d e s e n d t h e i r i n d o c t r i n a t i o n w i t hc a 1 1 s f o r s t u d e n t s I "comm t m e n t t o

a c t i o n , " u r g i n g ~ t u d e n t s t o " d a r e t h i n kt h e u n t h i n k a b l e . " A c t i v i t i e s s u g g e s t e di n c l u d e c i r c u l a t i n g p e t i t i o n s , j o i n i n ga n t i - w a r g r o u p s , w r i t i n g p r e s s r e -l e a s e s , s t a g i n g n e w s c o n f e r e n c e s .( A n d r e - - R y e r s o n , W a 1 1 S t . J o u r n a 1 ,5 / 3 1 / 8 8 )C o m m e n t : S o f a r , n o c o n s e r v a t i v et h i n k - t a n k h a s c o m e u p w i t h a n a l t e r n a -t i v e " P e a c e T h r o u g h S t r e n g t h " c u r r i c u -l u m f o r t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s c o m p a r a b l et o w h a t t h e l e f t i s n o w s u p p l y i n g . A n d

i f s u c h a c u r r i c u 1 u r n w e r e d e v e l o p e d ,d o e s a n y o n e s e r i o u s l y b e l i e v e t h a t i tw o u l d p a s s m u s t e r w i t h t h e N E A a n d t h eo t h e r l i b e r a l w a t c h d o g s o f " a c a d e m i cf r e e d o m " ? F o r a n e x c e l l e n t c r i t i q u e o f" p e a c e " b r a i n s t o r m i n g w r i t e t o u s f o r ac o p y o f " B l o w i n g t h e W h i s t l e o n ' G l o b a lE d u c a t i o n , ' 1 1 b y G l e n n C u n n i n g h a m .3 4 p a g e s . $ 3 . 4 0 p l u s 8 5 p o s t a g e , t o t a l$ 4 . 2 5 .

V i t a l R e a d in gT h e M o v i e G u i d e f o r C h r i s t i a nF a m i l i e s b y T e d B a e h r , w i t h B r u c e W .G r i m e s & l i s a A n n R i c e . T h o m a s N e l s o nP u b l i s h e r s , p p . 2 3 4 , $ 8 . 9 5 .T e d B a e h r h a s p r o d u c e d a m u c h -n e e d e d g u i d e t h r o u g h t h e t h i c k e t o fh o m e v i d e o a n d T V m o v i e s t h a t p e r m i t sC h r i s t i a n f a m i 1 i e s t o s e l e c t t h e b e s tq u a l i t y , l e a s t o f f e n s i v e f i l m s a v a i l -a b l e o n t h e m a r k e t .T h e b o o k c o n t a i n s r e v i e w s a n d e v a l -u a t i o n s o f h u n d r e d s o f m o v i e s f r o m aC h r i s t i a n p e r s p e c t i v e . N o t o n l y i s t h eb o o k a n e x c e l l e n t g u i d e t o w h a t i sa v a i l a b l e , b u t i t l i s t s m a n y e x c e l l e n tm o v i e s t h a t o n e m a y n o t e v e n b e a w a r ee x i s t . A f a s c i n a t i n g d e s c r i p t i o n o f h o wB a e h r a n d h i s t e a m e v a l u a t e t h e f i l m si s g i v e n i n t h e f i r s t t h r e e c h a p t e r s .P a r t T w o o f t h e b o o k , c o m p r i s i n g p a g e s5 9 - 2 1 8 , c o n t a i n s r e v i e w s o f o v e r 3 0 0m o v i e s . A s u b j e c t i n d e x i s a l s op r o v i d e d .T e d B a e h r w r i t e s : l i A s m a n y C h r i s -t i a n l e a d e r s h a v e n o t e d , m o v i e s a n dt e l e v i s i o n h a v e m o r e i n f l u e n c e o n o u rs o c i e t y t h a n a l l t h e p r e a c h e r s a n dm i n i s t r i e s c o m b i n e d . . T h e m o t i o np i c t u r e m e d i u m i s n o t b a d p e r s e .

M o v i e s a r e t o o l s o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n . L i k ea n y t o o l , t h e y c a n b e u s e d f o r g o o d o re v i l . T h e o v e r w h e l m i n g m a j o r i t yo f t h e C h r i s t i a n s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e sh a v e t h e s a m e m e d i a h a b i t s a s t h e n o n -C h r i s t i a n p o p u l a t i o n ! I f C h r i s t i a n sw o u l d r e d i r e c t t h e i r e n t e r t a i n m e n td o l l a r s a w a y f r o m i m m o r a l e n t e r t a i n m e n tt o w a r d m o r a l m o v i e s , p r o d u c e r s w o u l dt a k e n o t i c e a n d p r o d u c e m o v i e s a n dp r o g r a m s f o r u s . IIF o r m o r e c u r r e n t f i l m r e v i e w s , t h e

r e a d e r c a n s u b s c r i b e t o M o v i e g u i d e , AB i b l i c a l G u i d e t o M o v i e s a n d E n t e r t a i n -m e n t , a m o n t h l y p u b l i c a t i o n e d i t e d b yT e d B a e h r . I t i s a v a i l a b l e b y w r i t i n gt o G o o d N e w s C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , I n c . , P . O .B o x 9 9 5 2 , A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a 3 0 3 1 9 . Am i n i m u m d o n a t i o n o f $ 3 0 p e r y e a r t oc o v e r p r i n t i n g a n d m a i l i n g c o s t s i sr e q u e s t e d . I t i s w e l l w o r t h t h e c o s t ,s a v i n g y o u a n d y o u r f a m i l y m u c h t i m ea n d e f f o r t .'-- The B l u r e n f e l dE d J c a t i o nl e t t e r - Pos t O f f i c e B o x 4 5 1 6 1 - B o i s e , I d a h o 83711 _ _ _ .

The Blumenfeld Education Letter June 1988

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