Two terrific pieces from a couple of friends for your enjoyment ...

Cat's got yet another powerful, thoughtful piece at Endervidualism. I won't give away her ending, so I'll tease you with a different bit from Demonizing Versus Deifying Dreamers and Dissidents:

I tend to worry more about those who are all action and no think than about those who are "all talk and no action." It takes a great deal of power behind talk to render it harmful, in a broader sense than the chance that a hearer might feel insulted or hurt by it. What does concern me is refusal to respect forethought - the obstinate human tendency to begrudge the thinker his time to think, to insist that action is always superior when in fact it's often the reverse.

While over there, I noticed that Tom has published a review of Les Miserables, which is currently in the rotation on HBO. I've read the book, but never seen the play or the movie ... sounds like I should. Thanks, Tom!

I didn't think anyone could make me laugh about the robed nazgul's recent antics, but I underestimated Garry Reed's skill at making his points with humor. If only they really were The US Supine Court:

All people are created equal, but people with money, power, and noses firmly affixed to the buttcracks of their hired legistraitors are more equal than others. ....

It's obvious to libertarians, if to no one else, that the Supremes have a continuing conflict of interest. They are biased in favor of BigGov. .... Who among them has ever made a living on the basis of free market competition? Who among them has ever lived outside the coddling collective of the BigGov bubble?

They should be permanently recused from every case that comes before them.

Ahhhh, we can dream, Garry ...