"Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by ecclesiastical corporations.
"The establishment of the chaplainship in Congress is a palpable violation of equal rights as well as of Constitutional principles.
"The danger of silent accumulations and encroachments by ecclesiastical bodies has not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S."
— -- James Madison, being outvoted in the bill to establish the office of Congressional Chaplain, from the "Detached Memoranda," Elizabeth Fleet, "Madison's Detached Memoranda." William and Mary Quarterly (1946): 554-62.
Please Consider It.
As a died-in-the-wool Libertarian, I often have to remind myself to put my money where my mouth is. Another post to follow on this apparent paradox.
Give it a try. Students need a variety of teachers from a variety of backgrounds - but especially in the sciences. Your experience and passion for your work could light the spark for others to pursue something that they might not even have considered.
Had Patricia Cornwall and Nakimura and Reich been writing while I was in high school - had CSI and the like been on the air, I would have become a forensic scientist.
See future posts for information about mentoring. This is a way you can do both - research AND working with our young people. Mentoring is a simple, inexpensive and powerful way to change the lives of children and therefore the future. As an example, one of the local parks is having a solar car contest.