It has been amusing, if nothing else, to witness the statists of the “liberal” franchise wringing their collective hands over the outcome of today’s vote in Massachusetts. The seat up for vote is continuously referred to as “Teddy Kennedy’s seat,” as though it was part of a family birthright. One might have thought that the seat belonged to the electorate of Massachusetts, to be filled by whomever a plurality of voters chose to occupy it. But, no, it was TEDDY’S seat! Perhaps, consistent with the feudal mindset of the statists, we should acknowledge ownership of this seat to have belonged … Continue reading The Collapse of Feudalism in Massachusetts?