Most of the people who occupied these particular stations in Littleton are now being celebrated as heroes. Of course they have suffered, and so sympathy is due to them. On the other hand, without doubt they are the people nearest the problem. Even if we forget for the moment the purposes of the Constitution and the limits it places upon government action, we can still see that the solutions we are adopting are no solutions at all. Nothing short of this will help, not even a little, and some of the measures being enacted into law will actually make the situation worse.
Bad government imposes a terrible cost.
Right now in America there is no party willing to address the real problems before us. The leader of the day has abused his overwhelming power in relation to a young girl barely of age. He is no model for a situation like this. If these people will not do the duties they have assumed under the Constitution, we should get new ones. Happily, there is an election next year.