07 January, 2021

Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice

https://www.wsj.com/articles/bring-the-insurrectionists-to-justice-11610065179?st=fy0q4xexsq53i72

True conservatives tend to have a particular understanding of the fragility of things. They understand that every human institution is, in its way, built on sand. It’s all so frail. They see how thin the veil is between civilization and chaos, and understand that we have to go through every day, each in our way, trying to make the veil thicker. And so we value the things in the phrase that others use to disparage us, “law and order.” Yes, always, the rule of law, and order so that the people of a great nation can move freely on the streets and do their work and pursue their lives.