JERRY POURNELLE ON THE Texas polygamy case: “If we are going to establish that precedent — that I can call the police and allege that you are abusing me and your children — and never come forward to confront you, or give any real specifications, but they will come and take your children for their own protection, I have the power to ruin your life.” Plus, reflections on education in 1957 versus education in 2007.