Gulfstream: 13 June 2003

Michael Kinsley’s gotten a bit wilder since he stopped having to be a cautious, responsible editor, but this is a good article on liberties, freedoms, etc., and how they must be vigilantly defended against incipient threats (such as the Patriot Act). (Ooh, preëmption!) Some good lines: (1) “These violations [immigration violations by non-citizens], by the way, suggest a greater love of freedom than most American citizens have ever had to demonstrate.” (2) “The American Civil Liberties Union is alarmed, but the ACLU’s function, which I admire and support, is to be alarmed before I am, like the canary down the mineshaft.”