"How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never pu..." — James Bovard

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.

The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.