I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.

I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.

What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.

Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.

In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism.

One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.