When I was a girl, shortly after the Earth cooled, it became fashionable for people to chide others that ‘politics and religion were not topics for polite company’. The trend became an adage – don’t talk politics or religion. After all, it’ll only start a fight. You know how Uncle Rodger is at Thanksgiving! Now, every nutjob on the street could mouth off about whatever he pleased -we just weren’t supposed to talk about the topics with him, other people, … Continue reading “Use It or Lose It – Freedom of Speech”
A Nation of Laws Doesn’t Need Immunity to Those Laws
This should be the height of ‘self evident’ but here we are anyway. We’re told it’s bad to be the most litigious nation on Earth – and that’s nonsense. We’re the most litigious nation on Earth because we have the best access to the courts. This is a pro, not a con. Better to fight it out in court than to fight it out on the street because you can’t get into court. Courts are lazy by nature. Ever see … Continue reading “A Nation of Laws Doesn’t Need Immunity to Those Laws”
