There are, among other things, two biggies, two essential qualities for a well-functioning democracy: 1. respect for the rule of law 2. respect for private property. (both ideas inherited in this country from the “imperialist” Great Britain; actually, I bet they could be traced back even farther, perhaps to Ancient Greece (but I am not at all a classicist.) Obama’s “New Foundation” is chilling in its implications, not the least being what it (all implied of course) does to these concepts. The glib and reasonable delivery is a thin cover for the brazenness and shear chutzpa of the political class in this country (all parties) in shredding these fundamental ideas. “Where’s the outrage” is spot on. I am nervous, too, about what is going on in this country.

OT: I come to this blog via the Belmont Club. I enjoy what you write Mr. Kimble. Part of the chill I feel from the O is the intimation that blogs like this, or the Belmont Club, will be choked off, some how.