The attorney general needs to follow the Constitution, whether the Congress authorizes …

The attorney general needs to follow the Constitution, whether the Congress authorizes him to or not. And then we will have the rule of law, and civil liberties upheld, and security as well. . . . The bottom line is the government needs to preserve civil liberty. That’s why we have this country. Judge Andrew Napolitano
Fox News, summer 2003

Toyota supports fascists and authoritarians

It appears that Toyota is now on the side of the fascist and authoritarians (socialist, communist etc). Injecting themselves into the politics of not donating to Republicans who voted against the election certification.

I don’t recall them doing that in 2016 when the Democrats voted against more state certifications than republicans did in 2020.

So much for Toyota standing up for liberty.

In a child’s power to master the multiplication table there is …

In a child’s power to master the multiplication table there is more sanctity than in all your shouted ‘Amens!’, ‘Holy, Holies!’ and ‘Hosannahs!’ An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man’s knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned to snakes, or the parting of waters! …Progress has never been a bargain. You’ve got to pay for it. Sometimes I think there’s a man behind a counter who says, “All right, you can have a telephone; but you’ll have to give up privacy, the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote; but at a price; you lose the right to retreat behind a powder-puff or a petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air; but the birds will lose their wonder, and the clouds will smell of gasoline!” Darwin moved us forward to a hilltop, where we could look back and see the way from which we came. But for this view, this insight, this knowledge, we must abandon our faith in the pleasant poetry of Genesis. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
From “Inherit the Wind” (the dramatization of the Scopes Monkey Trial), 1955

Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter …

Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice – and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man – by choice; he has to hold his life as a value – by choice; he has to learn to sustain it – by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues – by choice. Ayn Rand
‘Galt’s Speech,’ Atlas Shrugged