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There is talk of treating violations of indecency regs as criminal acts. Stating his goal in appropriately horrifying terms, Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Illinois says he wants to "[a]im the cannon specifically at the people committing the offenses."
I hope the sheer evilness of this needs no further elaboration. I hope that anyone who thought that the Republicans had a shred of respect for rights, notes what party Sensenbrenner is in.
A group of Objectivist college students have started a publication called The Undercurrent. Their goal, according to Gena Gorlin, Editor? Addressing her audience directly, she writes "[w]e aim to introduce you to a practical philosophy--one that could radically alter politics, culture, and every avenue of your life."
This is a laudable goal, and I hope they succeed in convincing many college students of the value of Ayn Rand's brilliant philosophy.
A special note I must make: Rebecca Knapp's "The Liberal Slant on the Liberal War" is wonderful, and employs a subtle twist in the conclusion. I had to read it two or three times because, on this site, subtlety is decidedly unemployed.
Another must-read op-ed from Alex Epstein, this time exposing the religous right's claim that they promote a "culture of life" as smokescreen to cover what they really stand for: suffering.
And just to demonstrate to yourself how far these nuts will go, read this Bill Bennett op-ed proclaiming that it is fine and dandy for the executive to step in and enforce its idea of a constitution any time it disagrees with the interpretation of the judiciary. The specific law here mentioned is the "Terri's Law" passed by the Florida legislature, which essentially gave Governor Bush the power to overrule the courts and legislate on his own. So, what do you call a situation where one man writes, interprets and executes laws as he sees fit, with no oversight? Oh yeah, dictatorship.
