At the Library of Law and Liberty, Greg Weiner reconsiders Daniel Patrick Moynihan's criticisms of the
War on Poverty, and suggests conservatives who frequently cite his work
on the subject miss Moynihan's
broader point: It was not that too much money was being misspent
on the poor, but rather that those resources which were directed at the poor were all too often funneled through the middle class professional classes:
Head Start turns 50 this week, a milestone that reminds us that in many ways the
War -
on -
Poverty program pioneered the path that led to today's push for a
broad and high - quality early education system.