The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Kentucky senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul and I haven't seen eye to eye on much through the years, but one area where we agree is with regard to the Patriot Act, which he helped bring to at least a temporary end today. The Patriot Act, which was enacted on October 26th of 2003, just a month and a half after the 9/11 attacks, has been controversial since its inception, and as the public has learned more about it, the more controversial it has become. Due to the fear and paranoia the 9/11 attacks stoked, the bill was rushed through Congress without many members taking the time to read through it, and as soon as it was signed, the United States government made it known that, in order to increase our security, we had to sacrifice our freedom. Of course, this wasn't actually the case. The bill simply provided an illusion of increased security, while it stripped us of freedom. I have been an ardent opponent of the bill since first learning about it nearly 1...