Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

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.

The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, we’ll have more middle-class people. But homeownership and college aren’t causes of middle-class status, they’re markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. — that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class. Subsidizing the markers doesn’t produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them.

As the interned American citizens of Japanese descent learned, the Bill of Rights provided them with little protection when it was needed.

Never trust anyone who calls himself a libertarian socialist. They're bound to be deeply confused, at best.

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.

Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.