The Tyranny of the Majority

The Tyranny of the Majority

“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?” — Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?...
News From Around the South 7/4 to 7/11

News From Around the South 7/4 to 7/11

SOUTH CAROLINA: Conservation Groups Rally To Protect Historic Rice Plantation MONCKS CORNER — Lowcountry conservation groups have protected 600 more acres of mature bottomland hardwood forests and historic inland rice fields along the Cooper River. They plan to make a...
The Tyranny of the Majority

Mass Shootings Are Terrorism

In a sense, the mass murder at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, was a symbol of how badly off-track our country has gotten. Amid the bunting and marching bands and families on lawn chairs, a disturbed idiot with a powerful rifle fired randomly at...