A graduate of Hillsdale College and Claremont Institute, Patrick Maloney is deputy director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. Readers may write him at 401 College Avenue Ashland, Ohio 44805
Don’t allow 16 year-old vote until U.S. high schools beef up the teaching of civics and U.S. history
ASHLAND, Ohio—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed a proposal to lower the legal voting age from 18 to 16 in federal elections and several Democratic presidential hopefuls also are touting the idea.
Whatever you might think initially of the concept, it’s important to consider it against the following backdrop.
- Thursday, April 25, 2019