William Doyle

There is, however, a strong tradition of a left-wing

wing politics.

It's called the Social Democrats.

There's also the Left Alliance.

Sometimes they come into power in a coalition.

So the point is that there is a tradition here of respecting free speech to a real extreme, I'd say on both sides.

So the controversy is really on the right here, the right wing, considering that the member of parliament should be free to say

that she opposes homosexuality on biblical grounds.

But again, it was the medical expression that she got in trouble with from the Supreme Court.

And it's a very rare controversy, I should say, that hate speech and these kinds of controversies are pretty rare here because it's a very tolerant, open society to the left and the right.

Georgia, I think it comes down to K through 12 and higher education.

In the last 20 years, Finland's international rankings or international test scores have significantly gone down.

They used to be number one in the world in the year 2000.

They're roughly at the OECD average now for, let's say, 15-year-olds.

But

Here's the amazing thing.

Today, according to the OECD latest measurements, this country, this small, freezing cold, distant nation, has the most skilled adults in the world in reading, math, and problem solving.

That all happened in K-12, which was...

almost totally free of ideological indoctrination.

In fact, religion is a required course here in Finland, a multiple study of religion or ethics, if you prefer that as a child.