Random thoughts on the passing scene:
I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his -- and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a politician's word, that is too close to call.
If an American citizen went off to join Hitler's army during World War II, would there have been any question that this alone would make it legal to kill him? Why then is there an uproar about killing an American citizen who has joined terrorist organizations that...











Ghandi is also irrelevant. The British Empire was coming to an end anyway. After the American colonies seceded, Britain never again kept a colony against the wishes of its people. Australia, South Africa, Canada, and N Zealand were all given independance in 1931, and the remaining colonies in the 1950s and 60s. All Ghandi achieved was a genocidal civil war which left 900,000 dead, mostly non combatants after the British had left India.
Ghandi is also irrelevant. The British Empire was coming to an end anyway. After the American colonies seceded, Britain never again kept a colony against the wishes of its people. Australia, South Africa, Canada, and N Zealand were all given independance in 1931, and the remaining colonies in the 1950s and 60s. All Ghandi achieved was a genocidal civil war which left 900,000 dead, mostly non combatants after the British had left India.