Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. But allowing ourselves to be terrorized by wannabe terrorists and unrealistic plots — and worse, allowing our essential freedoms to be lost by using them as an excuse — is wrong.
Tag: politics
More on the “Missing Children”
We are rearing our children in captivity — their habitat shrinking almost daily. In 1970 the average nine-year-old girl would have been free to wander 840 metres from her front door. By 1997 it was 280 metres. Now the limit appears to have come down to the front doorstep.
REAL ID Comments Close Tonight!
A national ID is wrong and is counter to the principles upon which this country was founded.
“The Drumhead”
“The first time any man’s freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged.”
The Old New Thing : The politician’s fallacy and the politician’s apology
In the politician’s apology, you apologize not for the offense itself, but for the fact that what you did offended someone.