The thread about the Pentagon database contained comments about homeschoolers. I just read the New Yorker article about
Patrick Henry College, which describes kids at this Christian college, a large percentage of whom were homeschooled through high school. The students at Patrick Henry are being groomed to go into government, and a disproportionate number of them get White House internships (3 a year, as many as Georgetown University does, and Patrick Henry has a student body of 300).
Kids at the school are described as being rabidly, devotedly pro-Bush. They keep posters of the Bushes and the Cheneys in their dorm rooms. These kids are smart, with SATS in the 1200-1450 range; the Patrick Henry debate team beat Oxford's Balliol College debaters. (But the biology professor at Patrick Henry believes, and teaches, that God created the world in seven days)
I wondered why the reporter didn't profile Patrick Henry kids who are planning to enter the military upon graduation. The article made it sound like they were all bound for Capitol Hill positions.
If these kids are so pro-Bush, why aren't they enlisting as officers? If they're the elite, why don't they serve their country and their president in this hour of need?
Of course, maybe they do and the reporter just omitted the detail.
I'll bet the president of Patrick Henry, Michael Farris, would be happy to hear from us and eager to brag about his alumni record in the armed forces.
The New Yorker could use some letters on this subject, too.
I can't think of a better group of students to send to Iraq, frankly. They are brilliant, and they're true believers in our President's war. And they all know they're going to heaven so they won't mind dying - if it's the Lord's will.