For In Order For Capitalism To Work

The Mere Possession Of Monopoly Power, And The Concomitant Charging Of Monopoly Prices, Is Not Only Not Unlawful, It Is An Important Element Of The Free-market System. The Opportunity To Charge Monopoly Prices - At Least For A Short Period - Is What Attracts 'business Acumen' In The First Place; It Induces Risk Taking That Produces Innovation And Economic Growth.

But I Also Believe That A Lot Of Gun Owners Would Agree That Ak-47s Belong In The Hands Of Soldiers, Not On The Streets Of Our Cities.

There Is No Basis In Text, Tradition, Or Even In Contemporary Practice (if That Were Enough), For Finding In The Constitution A Right To Demand Judicial Consideration Of Newly Discovered Evidence Of Innocence Brought Forward After Conviction. My Concern Is That In Making Life Easier For Ourselves We Not Appear To Make It Harder For The Lower Federal Courts, Imposing Upon Them The Burden Of Regularly Analyzing Newly-discovered-evidence-of-innocence Claims In Capital Cases (in Which Event Such Federal Claims, It Can Confidently Be Predicted, Will Become Routine And Even Repetitive).

I Am Glad That I Am Not Raising Kids Today. And I’m Rather Pessimistic That My Grandchildren Will Enjoy The Great Society That I’ve Enjoyed In My Lifetime. I Really Think It’s Coarsened. It’s Coarsened In So Many Ways. One Of The Things That Upsets Me About Modern Society Is The Coarseness Of Manners. You Can’t Go To A Movie — Or Watch A Television Show For That Matter — Without Hearing The Constant Use Of The F-word — Including, You Know, Ladies Using It. People That I Know Don’t Talk Like That!

There Is Nothing New In The Realization That The Constitution Sometimes Insulates The Criminality Of A Few In Order To Protect The Privacy Of Us All.