How to Teach Young People to Argue Well

Leftists have spooked conservatives into dumping cash into civics education. Private donors tell themselves that enough money — from themselves and, lately, from Washington — will produce a generation of William F. Buckleys and Margaret Thatchers. Or even someone as thoughtful as Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Minds that can formulate a decent argument. Minds able to weigh the pros and cons of socialism.

Naturally the same conservatives add a few zeros to the amount on their donation check when the undertaking gives off even a whiff of a chance of influencing an election.