As we approach Independence Day

…and the Republic continues its unresisting slide into the Permanent Servile Security State, consider this story and the remark of Canadian writer Mark Steyn: “George III wouldn’t have done this to you.”

What should we make of the American Revolution? Perhaps it’s too early to tell. If it ends with 95 year old women being humiliated by State Goons claiming “National Security” as their rationale, I’m not so sure it will be net gain.