Is this what we mean by that current refrain “Whatever it takes”? This is from another era – 1991. Anything much changed?

More well-intentioned (mostly) but misguided reformy ideas.

And it’s always worth remembering the Latin roots of the word “inculcate” meaning to grind in with the heel.

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