This reminds me of the quote by the Car Talk Guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who say things "unencumbered by the thought process". That's the beauty, and essence of religious dogma. It takes no thinking.

For the record, to those who think it has something to do with art, a liberal arts degree is one of general knowledge including the humanities, history, natural science, social science, and teaching how and what to learn in life. I went on to engineering, where I spent 40 years as an engineer, thanks to such basic education after primary, and secondary school, so so don't knock the BA degree just because some people don't know how to use it..

Things have not changed in a hundred years; blame the school for the student's failure to absorb all that he might have, As for jim k's denigrating his BA, what did he expect? Most undergraduate degrees are primarily for learning to learn, and to demonstrate an ability to stick to a difficult task and see it through. That's what sets the college graduate apart from the non-graduate. I received mine 58 years ago (when the GI Bill paid for everything) and have never regretted it

Nobody can prevent opinion. It is the expression of those opinions a less secure government might try to restrict.

Bo probably meant; "Don't let your mouth write ANY check....", which would make a practical proverb, but there is no need to make such a grammatically improper statement, literally meaning just the opposite.

Very true, but fortunately, we have videotape today, which Will Rogers never knew Also there are the pundits who keep us reminded. Don't knock the pundits too much.

Archer, I think you're the one who needs the refresher on "left" or "liberal". They do not advocate socialism, which is a system of government ownership of all property and services. As a liberal myself, I do not want to see government ownership of propery, but merely enough regulation and oversight of business to prevent what is requiring $700 billion to bail it out

Too bad we didn't apply that principle eight years ago.

Does PJ really want government to stop? Why not move to Haiti or Sierra Leone where there is none?

Being the atheist that he was, I have no dooubt it was the creeds of the various religions that Bertrand Russell had in mind as the most errant of nonsense. He was correct, too.

Who would believe a word coming from a criminal like Liddy? He never spoke the truth.

I would like to ask Jim of Austin why it is any more a sin to promote left wing programs than right wing ones. Isn't that the idea of a free press ..to allow anyone to promote any idea he sees fit? Why is that a sin if I state my liberal views? I guess you feel there is only one side to be heard and anything else is a sin.

Why only seven deadly sins of the Press? Isn't it obvious Mr. Lerner was paraphrasing the Seven Deadly Sins, or Mortal Sins, of the early Catholic Church, which, themselves were based on an admonition set forth in the Old Testament, namely: Pride, Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, and Wrath? Why just seven? Are there really only seven wonders of the ancient world? or is all the navigable water in the world limited to the seven seas? Seven is almost a sacred number going back to the story of the seven days of Creation. So that's why the quote reads as it does.

Except Confucius, who had the knowledge without the ignorance. Reminds me of my mother telling me; "The more you know, the less you think you know".

It may be true but it is foolhardy of the majority not to listen, even if it is their right. With that attitude they might not long be the majority.

It may be true that the will of the majority shal prevail but, but that doesn't mean the majority can run roughshod over the minority

Inalienable simply means; cannot be separated or removed and whatever you think government's role is, only a government can guarantee such rights to be truly inalienable, as ours does with our Bill of Rights. If you don't think the government is the dispenser of rights try living under one which does not make that guarantee. A person my be "endowed with certain inalienable rights", but if he happens to be born in a country without a government willing and able to protect those rights, what good are they?

Men will claim to believe what they wish to believe, but they cannot actually believe what they do not truly believe no matter how much they may wish to. The statement is not true. I adamantly claimed to believe the Christian doctrine for at least 40 years before I realized I was only kidding myself as well as others. I have long contended a person cannot make himself believe what is contrary to his logic no matter how much he may want to, as I tried to do for all those years.

A perfect explanation of why religions exist.

If more people used reason there would be less ideology and blind faith

What connection is there between Marx and guns? But what would a neo-con like Feder know about Marx, left-wing socialists, or almost anything anyhow?. Marx was largely influenced by Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia. Marx was intent on establishing his utopia by democratic means. The idea of Karl Marx an arbitrary dictator is part of the ignorance of people like Don Feder

Call it a death wish, Bob, but I know for a fact I couldn't draw and shoot fast enough if someone is shooting at me, and I would not shoot first, so I guess I'll just be your Texas Ranger someone else is on trial for shooting. Do you carry your handgun at the ready all the time to ward off someone intent on shooting you?

Handguns have one purpose and one purpose only; to shoot people. If that's your intention, you need one. But who needs to shoot people?

Once again. Scalia places his own biases on a subject while accusing others of doing the same. So many errors in this in this quote I would hardly know where to begin. He should be grateful for Clarence Thomas or he might be the poorest excuse for a justice of the Supreme Court ever

I suppose I should not be surprised that so many respondents feel they are more important than the society as a whole. Fortunately, there are some who would give up their very lives for the sake of others. They are called heroes. A good soldier would willingly, if not gladly, sacrifice his own life to save his unit or his buddies. Where would be today today if our founders had not been willing to jeopardizes their own lives and fortunes for the good of the nation they they were trying to create? It's too bad today everyone feels more important than society at large. Hitler had it right, like him or not.