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Thursday, March 2, 2006

Simpsons Better Known than First Amendment


“Most Americans have an easier time naming members of the cartoon Simpson family than listing the five freedoms granted [!] by the nation's founders, a survey by a museum released on Wednesday said. Here's a hint: one of them is not the right to own and raise pets, an error committed by one in five respondents.” (Reuters, Wednesday)

Even a news service thinks freedom of the press is granted by the founders of the state.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Perils of Positive Rights” by Tibor R. Machan