June 24, 2019 ~ The project has begun. For those readers who have been regular followers of Metropolis Café. The days of Metropolis are winding down – although it’s purpose and intent and will continue on – at the Federal Observer where our journey began so many years ago.
We are in the process of migration and have some nine-hundred columns remaining to transfer to the other site. It may take months, or we may be able to have it migrated within a matter of days. As of this date, Metropolis Café is still an operational site, but will eventually close. At the present time, most of our columns, opinions and posts on Metropolis Café are still here, however as the migration progresses, you’ll find all new posts at their new destination – the Federal Observer.
New posts have already been published – all in the same categories which we have maintained on Metropolis Café.
To stay up to date, we invite you to follow this link, beginning today: Le Metropolis Café at Federal Observer
Stay tuned and we will keep you updated. ~ Jeffrey Bennett, Publisher
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A worrying trend is emerging in schools across the country. With increasing regularity, school districts are tracking students’ mental health and raising flags if a screening shows something amiss. 
When I was in high school we had Home Ec and Shop to teach us those daily things. Home Ec also taught us how to care for an ill family member – how to change sheets and make a bed; how to sew things as well as how to keep a house clean and orderly. The shop classes taught woodworking, auto mechanics, etc.
Imagine if Congress were to enact a law that required everyone to attend church on Sundays. The overwhelming majority of Americans would go up in arms. The concept of religious liberty is so deeply ingrained in our American heritage that there is no way that people, including devout Christians, would accept such a law. That heritage was enshrined in the First Amendment, which prohibits Congress from enacting such a law.
More teachers, more vouchers, more computers, more charter schools, more tests, more federal money, more local control, more, more, more. The calls constitute a cacophony of pleas and threats, warnings and promises from public figures, parents, teachers, and other citizens – all asking for more learning.
Childhood exuberance is now a liability. Behaviors that were once accepted as normal, even if mildly irritating to adults, are increasingly viewed as unacceptable and cause for medical intervention. High energy, lack of impulse control, inability to sit still and listen, lack of organizational skills, fidgeting, talking incessantly—these typical childhood qualities were widely tolerated until relatively recently. Today, children with 
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In the 
