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Deana Chadwell
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April 22, 2025
The Danger of NothingIt is no wonder that prominent Democrats sound hollow, confused, and like blindfolded children trying to pin the tail on a donkey that isn’t there.
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February 11, 2025
Breathless in AmericaThere’s nothing pie-in-the-sky about our president; he isn’t a dreamer absently wishing for success. He’s doing the work.
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January 19, 2025
In the Hands of an Angry GodNothing happens without a reason and let’s not be deaf to the messages being sent.
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January 8, 2025
The Necessity of HeroesAmerica has learned a difficult lesson -- we’ve lived through four years of leaderless abandonment.
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December 25, 2024
Christmas in AmericaThere’s no doubt that Christmas is, for America, the most thoroughly celebrated holiday of the year.
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December 23, 2024
Our National Near-Death ExperienceAmerica is just coming-to after a near-death experience. We came within a hair’s breadth of ceasing to be America. This election has brought us back to life.
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December 11, 2024
The Threat of CoolWe expect in any election a certain amount of name-calling and verbal attack, but the sickness we’re seeing is way beyond energetic persuasion.
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November 15, 2024
The Blind EyeThis election displayed our national revulsion to untruth; we don’t like to be lied to. We
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July 20, 2024
The Importance of Official UtterancesNo doubt Democrats and Republicans alike are hoping some legal, smooth method will “rid us of this pesky president.”
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July 1, 2024
Gullibility 101We watch Washington D.C. like we’d watch a ship steaming way too fast toward a crowd on the pier.
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June 20, 2024
Carts and HorsesCause-and-effect is one of the first abstract ideas the human brain learns to deal with.
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June 9, 2024
Beating the Historical OddsDonald Trump, for all his faults, is demonstrating almost superhuman courage, dogged determination, and strong faith in both God and America.
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June 2, 2024
Denial and the Big TiltDenial is usually a matter of individual choice, but in the last century denial has become a national pastime, a way of life, a worldview.
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May 18, 2024
Onward Christian SoldiersDeep in our hearts we know that we’re in serious trouble as a nation. Deep in our hearts -- atheist or otherwise -- we know we need super-human guidance.
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May 5, 2024
Glass WordsToo many of our most polemic words have turned to glass -- fragile, unsubstantial, hard, and cold.
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August 10, 2023
Fighting the Flying MonkeysWe are so far down the rabbit hole and our downward momentum is so fast that it’s hard to sort things out.
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May 30, 2023
That was Then: Soon This Will be TooThere’s a reason why the left wants to erase our history -- it is impossible to destroy us if we still have that history for inspiration.
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December 11, 2022
Reimagining the Secular FairytaleOur nation is suffering mightily under fantastical decisions made by people who either don’t know what they’re doing, or do know and don’t care.
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September 14, 2022
A Leaking Ship of FoolsThe weaving together of evil and good is the source of much of our problem.
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September 4, 2022
I Feel the Earth Move Under my FeetWhat should America do to prepare for the inevitable shocks to come?
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August 9, 2022
Kamala Speaks the Truth?Kamala's glossolalia turns coherent just long enough to undercut the Left.
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August 5, 2022
Give us Liberty or -- What?Patrick Henry understood the dichotomy our forefathers faced.
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November 20, 2020
The Left's Utter NonsenseThose of us who can still think know that what we have going for us is superior.
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October 22, 2020
Living Without JusticeOur personal, and national, inherent demand for justice must be met, and if it is not, our society is doomed.
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August 15, 2020
Reality and Delusion in A.D. 2020Americans must start taking responsibility for the way we've been viewing events.
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August 1, 2020
The New Ten CommandmentsA society that rejects God and prefers making up its own rules often finds itself in a state of confusing flux.
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May 8, 2020
Lurking Behind the StatisticsSome are so concerned for our physical well-being that they’ve forgotten that there’s a lot more to a human being than flesh and blood.
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March 15, 2020
Screwtape RevisitedDonald Trump is the worst thing to happen to Satan's legions in centuries; it isn't just the Democrats and the NeverTrumps who hate him.
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March 7, 2020
Standing Strong on the ConstitutionThe left isn't at all interested in continuing the grand experiment that is America. The left is about ending it entirely.
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February 18, 2020
The Epic DonaldHe crushes his enemies, sees them driven before him, and hears the lamentations of Hillary, Amy, and Nancy. What's not to like?
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January 15, 2020
Making America America AgainAmericans are going to have to find a balance between being neighborhood tattletales and being libertines.
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January 5, 2020
Our Lady of Perpetual Impeachment vs. AmericaThis election won't be about personalities or policies or partisanship. This election is entirely existential.
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October 22, 2019
Slight of HandIf we want the glories of this amazing country to continue we have to dig in and fight.
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September 26, 2019
Greta the AngryGreta Thunberg knows very little, and what she thinks she knows makes her very angry.
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August 11, 2019
Twilight Zone NationThe idea of absolute truth is repulsive to many people, largely because truth is limiting.
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June 29, 2019
IdeoloonsIf the Democratic candidates are the top, what on God’s green earth is at the bottom?
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June 19, 2019
The Denizens of TentopolisWe make the mistake of talking about “the homeless” in the same homogenous way we discuss “blacks” or “illegals.”
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April 23, 2019
Living in LeftlandiaIt's hard not to notice how little growing up those on the Left have actually accomplished.
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March 9, 2019
The Left vs. Life in GeneralThe new left is not at all interested in our individual need for fulfillment.
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February 11, 2019
Kudos to Sandy OThe freshperson congresswoman has made things clear -- things that have been vague and foggy are now utterly transparent.
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January 22, 2019
The Left vs. LogicThe left has walked away from absolute truth and therefore from sensible policy and therefore from sanity.
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January 5, 2019
How the Left Appropriates ChristianityNon-Christians have no idea how practical true, biblical Christianity is.
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November 5, 2018
Five Truths About ElectionsElections are always important because power is always important. We are not only deciding which individuals we will place in power over us, but which ideas we will allow to control our lives.
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August 31, 2018
Legalizing the ConstitutionWe cannot protect the Constitution if we don't take the time to think it through, if we don't even know what it says.
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August 11, 2018
Are Millennials Educable?Once the schools cannot hold kids back because they haven't mastered reading and math, then subsequent teachers are under pressure – political, professional, and pragmatic – to keep the momentum going.
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July 18, 2018
Fragmentation and the FamilyInstead of a nation of cooperating adults working toward a common goal, we have become a group of squabbling children fighting over the available toys.
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February 21, 2018
A Weak and Crumbling FoundationWhat do humans do when they discover that everything they've believed in is wrong?
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November 6, 2017
Flying over the Cuckoo's NestWhat do we value more: entertainment or decency, respect, and safety for our children?
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September 21, 2017
Holes in Our HeadsCan one think untruth day after day, year after year, and expect it to not affect one's brain?
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August 22, 2017
The Real NewsOur forefathers set out to build a righteous nation, but she can only be as good as the righteousness of her citizens. If those citizens think they can fake integrity and moral virtue by being destructive loudmouths, then America is over.
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August 13, 2017
America's Deadly SinsDespite their lack of historical expertise, many students today seem sure that our sins are mostly buried in our deep, dark past.
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June 4, 2017
Cliff-Hanging and EarthquakesOur national dialogue is getting nastier and nastier because, at the very bottom of the cliffs we stand on, our assumptions are diametrically opposed.
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May 7, 2017
Needing EdenWe are faced with a generation of Americans trying to assuage their longing for the Garden by denying that we ever left it.
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April 27, 2017
Clearing the CobwebsLiberals have no rational point to make, but they make it loudly.
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April 9, 2017
The Point of No ReturnThe Western world in the 21st century works hard to mask final realities.
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February 13, 2017
Getting Things DoneWe all know that we’re in a national bind on many fronts and that things must change. But how?
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January 26, 2017
Reality BitesOn Friday Donald Trump let the country know that the ship is turning, which will be painful for some who didn’t know the ship was almost over the falls.
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January 8, 2017
Nothing but the TruthOur entire federal government has turned its back on truth, and we are going to have to be most diligent in returning it to its proper place.
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December 25, 2016
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!
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December 16, 2016
Faux News and the Value of TruthPost-election, we find the very people who happily manufactured lie after lie after lie so unhappy with the ineffectiveness of those lies that they’ve suddenly noticed a new phenomenon: fake news.
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December 3, 2016
The Opposite of RightThis election shined a light on the inevitable corruption of a government built on two serious misunderstandings.
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November 16, 2016
Wailing and Gnashing of TeethThis is where liberalism, where leftist, socialist thinking, has led us – to a generation that can do nothing to cope.
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September 4, 2016
What a Tangled WebThose in the socialist half of this society have been pretending theirs is a winning option ever since Woodrow Wilson and the graduated income tax.
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August 14, 2016
A Tale of Two PowersWe need to get our powers back in balance, but evidently God knows we can’t handle the adjustment in one fell swoop.
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June 19, 2016
The Burning SandsThere’s a reason we refer to the perfect society as Never-Never Land. We’ll never get there.
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June 12, 2016
Science and LimitsA look at some of the marvels of this world that science can address only in a shallow and mechanistic manner.
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April 24, 2016
Tell the GhostsNot only are Islamist terrorists driven to kill the present; they must also kill the past.
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April 10, 2016
Slouching Toward WashingtonWe will be highly entertained for the rest of the year – entertained in the edge-of-the-seat horror movie sense of the word, but entertained nevertheless.
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March 30, 2016
Those Aren’t Our ValuesIn this modern world, based on evolutionary thinking and the idea that we’re always getting better, smarter, more sophisticated, values are seen as superior in every way.
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February 22, 2016
The Donald’s Shaky FoundationIt’s been a relief to hear our national anger voiced. But we’re at the point in this election where we need to be looking at Trump not as a spokesperson, but as a job applicant.
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February 7, 2016
Compromise and the Law of the Excluded MiddleThough progressives like the word, logic isn’t a high priority in liberal circles.
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January 18, 2016
The Wrong TurnHuman beings, unless trained to be decent, humble, and caring, have in our very DNA the capacity to think and commit evil.
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January 6, 2016
To Be, or Not to Be OffendedAmerica has grown half a population with no backbone, no resilience, no interest in truth and the discomfort that often accompanies its discovery.
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November 18, 2015
Sticks and StonesWe’re dealing with a generation that has no idea that society is a matter of both give and take, and this lack of understanding has put them and everything around them at terrible risk.
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November 15, 2015
Morality: What is it good for?The historical fact is that the more people who choose to live according to the divine code of morality the more stable, prosperous, and free a society will be.
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November 2, 2015
The Clueless GenerationEducation is about truth and there’s very little of that in our schools.
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October 11, 2015
Distortions of the DreamThe real American Dream, because it honors the God-given individuality and amazing potential of each and every human being, not only promises, but delivers, riches and happiness.
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September 26, 2015
Black Lives and the Death of a CultureDo black lives matter? You wouldn’t know it by looking at the governmental policies that have been in place since the Civil Rights Movement.
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September 6, 2015
Reality Therapy for LiberalsFreedom is not a commodity that can be bartered for a mess of pottage. It is not a figment of man’s imagination; it is real and it is as necessary as air.
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August 23, 2015
Back to School -- Really?If parents can send their kids to a school that teaches what they believe, then the church/state hammer no longer has any weight.
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July 26, 2015
Our National ScorecardJudging from the popularity of Trump and Cruz and Walker, it looks like we are still a nation that values truth over political correctness, strength over weakness, good over evil.
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May 23, 2015
A Phobiaist's ComplaintI don’t hate blacks, gays, or Muslims, but I do hate it when people use the smoke and mirrors of illogic and linguistic trickery to hide the fact that they have no idea what they are
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May 9, 2015
The Four Horsemen of the Education ApocalypseJust as the blacks have been fed a diet of self-defeating victimization, so the white youth of this country have been served up a dozen years of unrelenting guilt that has withered their souls.
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April 30, 2015
American DichotomiesOur society, now largely controlled by the progressive mentality, pulls up its skirts and tiptoes past all age-old, fundamental contrasts, because they serve as measuring sticks.
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April 13, 2015
Let Them Eat CakeCan government bless a gay marriage? All it can do is abuse those who don’t approve, and no one has ever been blessed by someone else’s misery.
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February 9, 2015
The Mad Hatter's LamentThe greatest republic in the historical record goes down the rabbit hole.
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January 14, 2015
Multiculturalism and the Myth of CompromiseThe horrors of 9/11, the Boston bombing, the Fort Hood shooting, and the Paris massacre demand that civilized people adjust their thinking about two closely-related ideas: multiculturalism and compromise.
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December 25, 2014
The Star out of JacobMost other religions have at their center beings that are not thoroughly embedded in recorded history. But Jesus Christ is different.
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December 20, 2014
Diane Feinstein, the Iron MaidenNothing is more unattractive than superior uber-fastidious self-righteousness, especially when you stack it up against self-less devotion to duty and nation that we find in our military and investigative institutions
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December 6, 2014
Even Steven -- Fundamental Problems with EqualityEquality in outcome can never be realized. When we institutionalize equality, some human beings have to impose that equality, and therefore those people are, by necessity, above all others.
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November 18, 2014
Paradise and PerditionThe communal understanding of social order does not recognize the exceptionality of each person and sees us, instead, as mere game pieces to be shoved around as necessary.
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October 30, 2014
The Age of ArroganceBecause of the arrogance of information and the glut on “experts,” we can no longer read with charity, with curiosity, only with suspicion.
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October 23, 2014
One Bad Apple: Obama and his InfluenceBarack Obama has created so much havoc with his ideology and policies that it will take us years to recover.
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October 8, 2014
The Power of PerversityIf a large enough number of Americans habitually make negative choices, feeling that by doing so they are making atonement for the imagined sins of their ancestors, we are all negatively affected.
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October 1, 2014
Deja vu of the Worst KindAnyone with any common sense can see what is going to go wrong militarily in the new phase of the War against Terror, but beyond that we must be aware of the mistakes we made the last time we “won” a war against militant Islamists.
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September 17, 2014
The Inside Scoop -- One Teacher's ExperienceThe miasma of public school education is a many-headed monster, and many of those horrid heads are administrative.
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July 28, 2014
Eleven Commandments and the Color 9Ten commandments are not enough for Elizabeth Warren.
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July 18, 2014
Truth Telling and the Abuse of LanguageIf you were a member of an elitist group trying to get complete control of a logical and stiff-necked people, what would you have to accomplish first?
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May 25, 2014
The Power of PowersAmerica is not Washington, D.C.. America is not Los Angeles, not New York, not Miami. It is the little hamlets that are the glue that holds this country to its roots.
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April 13, 2014
At the Core -- Human Nature vs. the TestWe must remember that schools are rarely any better than the societies that produce them.
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March 16, 2014
Truth or Dare and the Great DivideIt’s not hard to understand the drumbeat for relative truth -- that point of view has many advantages.
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February 22, 2014
Going Somewhere DangerousOur mistake has been to pretend that a middle ground exists on which both the left and right could meet and agree.
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February 6, 2014
Common Core and UnionitisCommon Core is merely a symptom -- the actual disorder afflicting American education lies deeper.