Victor Davis Hanson notes that
The Obama administration is facing scandals everywhere — using the IRS to punish political enemies, seizing the phone records of Associated Press and Fox News reporters, monitoring phone and e-mail accounts of millions, and making up stories about what happened in Benghazi.
Why are they scandals?
Because of America’s unique Constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, for over two centuries Americans have taken as their birthright privacy and free expression, so that even the slightest infringement becomes cause for outrage — and correction.At some point, our margins of error will disappear and with them the indulgent toying with our freedoms, defense, energy, education, and food. Americans will then have to reawaken and act more like our no-nonsense predecessors — if our successors are to inherit what we have taken for granted.
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