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Ban Parody Now

Relevance: 42%      Posted on: November 28, 2002

As long as we're into prohibiting so many things these days, I want to add a particularly dangerous practice to the list. It's called parody. Problem is, it gives people too many ideas. You've heard about the lawsuit against McDonald's for victimizing some fat guy with its junk food? Looks…

Rodney King

Relevance: 42%      Posted on: March 3, 2015

"People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids? . . . It’s just not right. It’s not right. It’s not, it’s not going to change anything. We’ll, we’ll get…

Isaiah Berlin

Relevance: 42%      Posted on: April 12, 2021

Everything is what it is: liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or culture, or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

Edmund Burke

Relevance: 42%      Posted on: November 3, 2012

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

Celebrating Obama

Relevance: 41%      Posted on: November 18, 2008

A clear majority of American voters — of all races — voted for Barack Obama. They now celebrate his victory. Me? Not so much. Oh, I like Obama’s talk about there not being red states and blue states, urging that we get past partisanship. I just don’t recall him ever…

As Corrupt as the Feds

Relevance: 41%      Posted on: July 10, 2009

We are so shocked by the skyrocketing spending and taxes at the federal level — and by mammoth expansion of government control of our lives being attempted at the federal level — and by the nonstop huffing hubris of federally fumbling politicians eager to solve problems caused by past policy…

IRS Returns Money It Stole

Relevance: 41%      Posted on: January 1, 2014

A year after the IRS seized their bank account, Terry Dehko and his daughter have gotten their money back, thanks to a lawsuit they undertook with the help of the valiant Institute for Justice. The IRS had looked at how the Dehkoses deposited revenues from their Fraser, Michigan store and…

The Quality of Mercy

Relevance: 40%      Posted on: January 29, 2001

Pardon me; I thought I'd said enough about former President Bill Clinton. But his use of the presidential pardon power is in many cases just wrong — pardoning people merely on the basis of political connections and large campaign contributions. "The quality of mercy is not strained," Shakespeare tells us,…

Townhall: Against Protester Brutality

Relevance: 40%      Posted on: November 30, 2014

This weekend on Townhall, something more about the big story of the day. One injustice doesn't justify another. On some level, we all know that. So on every level, we must make sure that this basic rule of morality holds all accountable the same. Click on over, then back here…