[Amelia]

What came first, the oath to defend all enemies foreign and domestic, or the Posse Comitatus act?

I threw out the question as much for discussion as anything else, but isn't protecting our homeland much more important than actions in Grenada, Panama, the Middle East, or the Balkans?

[dhuffman@awod.com]

So Ben Franklin was wrong? Which civil right do you think will buy security?

Now is not the time for throwing out stuff, or for throwing out civil rights for fear of the unintended consequences, but it is a time to retreat to principles.

What, you may ask, is a 'principle'? I don't know but I do know that they must not be compromised! That's how I know a principle when I see it.