Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits."
-Ronald Reagan (1964)

You know I have been blissfully ignorant of the whole affir (aside from hearing that he was a Congressman who had sent explicit emails I know nothing of Foley or the scandal he has created, except that it has been bad news for the Repblican party when Republiucans need it least). That's why I found this article in Slate so interesting. Why is it, ( Read more... )

"'You can do better' is what you say to a dim child whose grades were even worse than expected. Is this really the Democrats' message to the nation: that we don't need to be quite as pathetic as we now are?" This isn't turning into a political blog, I swear ( Read more... )

U.S. military to close Abu Ghraib prison and transfer prisoners to other jails in Iraq, CNN confirms ( Read more... )