Archive for September 14th, 2009
Burt Prelutsky on cash for clunkers »
Unlike most conservatives, when I first heard about cash for clunkers, I got very excited. But then I found out that it involved people turning in their used cars. I had jumped to the conclusion that we were all going to get money if we delivered politicians to some collection center. Just imagine getting $4,500 for dropping off, say, Henry [...]
CBS Broadcaster Edward Murrow: ‘the right to be »
The right of dissent - or, if you prefer, the right to be wrong - is surely fundamental to the existence of a democratic society. That's the right that went first in every nation that stumbled down the trail towards totalitarianism. Edward R. Murrow, the CBS broadcaster during an October 27th 1947 broadcast on the menace of [...]
