Might makes right

It is always fascinating how our culture needs to cast every discussion in terms of abstract rights, which inevitably leads to very ideological policy solutions to real life problems. Expecially because when you ask the average intellectual where rights come from, he will tell you that "society confers them." So there is really no "right" especially for what the majority feels is right.

Who you are

A remembrance of Frank McCourt.

Unconvinced?

Peggy Noonan wonders if the president may be misreading how the electorate feels about healthcare reform. On the subject, read also Atul gawande.