The ever politically astute Maher, also once said that the proposed federal health care system should be run like the U.S. Postal Service. If given the chance, it undoubtedly will be and Americans will have another government institution billions of dollars in the red. It's not TV, it's TV that's a Real waste of Time.

Religion and government: Always a dangerous mix.

James Bovard continues to be a very important libertarian writer and investigative journalist. He keeps alive Jefferson's notion of binding government's hands from mischief through the chains of the constitution. I highly recommend his book "Lost Rights" to anyone curious about misappropriated government power and the deterioration of personal liberties.

Mr. Root gives legitimacy to the view that the separation of church and State is indeed an arrangement that should be mutually respected. As bad as it is for religion to influence government, there exists the equally dangerous matter of having government regulating religion.