No, the United States does not target civilians.
Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.
Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.
Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.
In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.
The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
As societies become more complex in structure and resources, the need of formal or intentional teaching and learning increases.
Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isn´t just for registering pleasure and pain. It´s about declaring what is just and what is unjust, and distinguishing right from wrong. We don´t grasp these things silently, and then put words to them; language is the medium through which we discern and deliberate about the good.
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Putin needs to terrorize his own elite. He is more afraid of those in his own surroundings than any protests; there are people there who are at least as critical as I am because they see up close that the system doesn't work. He wants to silence them.