Why We Fight - One

 Why We Fight - One of the things for which our flag stands, and for which generations of Americans have fought and died, is freedom. Freedom to live, pursue happiness, protect ourselves from the ravages of man and governmet, to be secure in our homes and persons, free from the rapacity of the majority and the bureaucracy. Freedom to worship, to assemble, to choose our destinies.

Freedom to express ourselves, even at the risk of insulting and being insulted.

We do this in contrast to repressive governments like Iran, Iraq, the former Taliban, Myanmar...

...and France?

Miss America and the Sex Agenda - The new Miss America has ruffled many feathers. She embraces many conservative values (as noted in this space immediately after the pageant), including, most notably, teen abstinence.

Today, she details the pressure - indeed, bullying - she's received from pageant officials to drop the abstinence message from her "platform", and revert to the standard, cookie-cutter "prevent teen violence" message that the pageant has tried to impose on her.

She's fighting back.