Trenton Preaches the Gospel of Education

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 25, 2011

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IF YOU don't like what people are saying, change the conversation; any smart politician will tell you as much. Key to doing that is choosing words that spin well. "Choice" is the literary Maytag of spin.

The abortion debate is often won and lost on the word "choice." Supporters of legalized abortion support a woman's right to choose. Opponents of abortion are either anti-choice or pro-life. If you have to hyphenate it, you're in trouble.

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Trenton Preaches the Gospel of Education

So it's both surprising and unnerving to listen to conservatives and Republicans in New Jersey embrace "choice" along with some Democrats. Choice in this case is not over abortion but over whether to publicly fund faith-based ...

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