"Our ideas about openness, tolerance and freedom must be lived on the offensive. Voluntary self-limitation gives those who fight against our values a confirmation in advance that we will not stand behind them."
- Klaus Wowereit, openly-Gay mayor of Berlin, in response to Deutsche Oper's decision to cancel a production of Mozart's Idomeneo over a scene which featured a depiction of Mohammed: "Opera cancels over Muhammad scene", Washington Times
Happy Independence Day!
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*Editor's Note: I will be taking tomorrow off from blogging for the
holiday.*
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I highly recommend taking about 15 minutes to read (or reread) Ayn Rand's...
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