Last Friday afternoon I spoke at the 29th Annual Eagle Forum luncheon in Naples, Florida. I was a stand-in for Phylis Schlaffley who had fallen and suffered a broken hip. There were a few dozen high school students at the speech. I'm not sure if they came from several area high schools, but one group was from Barron Collier High. During the speech I asked how many of the students present knew that America was not, nor was America ever supposed to be a Democracy. The entire Barron Collier contingent raised their hands. Later they introduced me to their history teacher. He makes it a practice to teach every class the truth about out Republic .. including the fact that our founding fathers abhorred the idea of a democracy. Remember, to the people who put this country together for us .. the word "democrat" was an epithet. It meant "one who panders to the mindless whims of the masses." These students knew that ... and what a refreshing discovery that was. It is wonderful to find shining lights like these in our hideous government education system.