By Milton R. Wolf
Americans must repudiate the political class
In the nine years Leigh Ann Smith has taught music in West Virginia's Mingo County, she's had to do it with a misfit collection of used instruments: a few trumpets, some saxophones and a snare drum.
"When the kids came to class, they were just bouncing off the walls," she said. "This was a great boost for our music program. Most of these kids couldn't afford instruments on their own."
Smith said she knew from her students' reactions at an assembly to announce the donation that lives were about to change.
