Friday Roundup 1-28-22

Rock singer Graham Nash recently slammed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for using a Nash song—“We Can Change the World”–for an anti-vaccination campaign. Nash said,

I do not support his anti-vaccination position as the history of the efficacy of the Covid19 vaccines is well documented. When I wrote “We Can Change the World” I did not expect that an institution such as this one that claims that it fights for individuals’ freedoms would so readily and recklessly infringe upon and, by its association with its cause, mischaracterize the intellectual property rights of a songwriter for its own purposes.

Comedian and pundit Bill Maher recently denounced Democrats as “completely toxic” to ordinary Americans. “I keep saying this to the Democratic Party. The reason why you’re so toxic is because you’ve become the party of no common sense.” It’s difficult to argue with Maher on this point. However, the real issue isn’t a lack of common sense. The real issue is the principles that animate the Democratic Party. Those principles include the supremacy of the State and the moral duty for individuals to sacrifice to the group.

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear Sackett v. EPA, a case that has been slowly winding through the courts for fifteen years. The case began when the Sackett’s started building a new house in Idaho. The EPA declared their property a “wetlands,” and demanded that they stop construction and return the land to its natural state. The EPA threatened fines of $30,000 for disobedience. The Pacific Legal Foundation is representing the Sacketts in this case.

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