A Partial Defense Of The Tea Parties

Lee Harris pens one:

The lesson of history is stark and simple. People who are easy togovern lose their freedom. People who are difficult to govern retaintheirs. What makes the difference is not an ideology, but an attitude.Those people who embody the "Don't tread on me!" attitude have kepttheir liberties simply because they are prepared to stand up againstthose who threaten to tread on them. To the pragmatist, it makes littledifference what ideas free people use to justify and rationalize...