I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the President is treated as racism.

If you only stand up for speech you approve of, you're a hack. If you only stand up for speech that everyone approves of, you're a coward.

You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature.

A 'well regulated militia' was thus one that was well-trained and equipped, not one that was 'well-regulated' in the modern sense of being subjected to numerous government prohibitions and restrictions.

When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.

Where the U.N. is concerned, accountability is very thin on the ground in general.

The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizens’ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government.