The latest from Chicago's public schools is rather scary, specially if you are a parent concerned with a good education or paying taxes to finance it. This is from The American Interest: While blue model decay is more advanced in Chicago than any other American city, the problems underlying the crisis in the school district -- recalcitrant public sector unions, pliant lawmakers, fiscal incompetence, and an acute drought of ideas -- are weighing on municipal governments from coast to coast. In the short run, we are likely to see more pension-induced crises of governance in big blue cities and states. It's not really hard to understand. One plus one equals two not three, as my late father used to tell me whenever we would discuss the inherent falsehood of socialism. As the article points out, this is just the beginning of many blue jurisdictions coming to terms with reality:     First, taxpayers flee or put their kids in...(Read Full Post)