“Free Stuff” And Freedom

Many in our systems of education, our courts, our national news organizations, and our halls of government are growing more fearful, annoyed, and defensive regarding the cascade of citizen anger directed toward them, but the truth is these foundational institutions—the ones that teach our young, enforce our laws, provide our information, and ensure our safeguards against tyranny—are hopelessly compromised by political and cultural beliefs that have rendered them all but useless in protecting our American way of life. Our young learn little in our public schools and colleges other than self-destructive victimology, judges and prosecutors often prefer to ignore the pain of the victims of vicious crimes, mainstream news media daily mistake innuendo and personal attacks for journalism, and our elected officials fill their days with collecting campaign cash instead of governing. Of course, those working in these important institutions Read more