War Is Just One More

It Can Be Exalting To Belong To A Church That Is Five Hundred Years Behind The Times And Sublimely Indifferent To Fashion; It Is Mortifying To Belong To A Church That Is Five Minutes Behind The Times, Huffing And Puffing To Catch Up.

Liberalism's Fatal Flaw,... Is That It Has No Permanent Norms, Only A Succession Of Enthusiasms Espoused By Minor Prophets. Each Of These Seems Like A Hot New Idea To Liberals, But Soon Goes To Irksome And Destructive Extremes.

An Anti-semite Used To Mean A Man Who Hated Jews. Now It Means A Man Who Is Hated By Jews.

How Odd That Americans, And Not Just Their Presidents, Have Come To Think Of Their Constitution As Something Separable From The Government It's Supposed To Constitute. In Theory, It Should Be As Binding On Rulers As The Laws Of Physics Are On Engineers Who Design Bridges; In Practice, Its Axioms Have Become Mere Options. Of Course Engineers Don't Have To Take Oaths To Respect The Law Of Gravity; Reality Gives Them No Choice. Politics, As We See, Makes All Human Laws Optional For Politicians.

When Your Child Has Matured Sufficiently To Understand How The Judicial System Works, Set A Bedtime For Him And Then Send Him To Bed An Hour Early. When He Tearfully Accuses You Of Breaking The Rules, Explain That You Made The Rules And You Can Interpret Them In Any Way That Seems Appropriate To You, According To Changing Conditions. This Will Prepare Him For The Supreme Court's Concept Of The Us Constitution As A 'living Document'.