One Thought Scares Me...

Weve let the meaning of America be reduced to guesswork. It might not be too late. Our democratic republic is failing, and it shouldnt be a surprise. We cant fly a plane without training; we cant practice medicine without attending medical school. And yet we expect the American people to wield the full power of their citizenship, the product of the most revolutionary governmental thinking in human history, without any education. We no longer teach our children the Bill of Rights or Constitution. We dont teach the Enlightenment values that underpin them. We dont teach the critical thinking skills and mental agility necessary for our own sovereignty. Weve stopped teaching civics, and now we cant have a civil political discussion. The American experiment may fail if we dont act. Richard Dreyfuss is a forceful advocate for civic education. His latest work, One Thought Scares Me, explains how the lack of civics education in American education for the last fifty years has led to the deterioration of all aspects of the lives of us, the people. And it shows us the path to reclaiming our American ideals.