A dumbfounding idea has been circulating on the Internet: If would-be pirate kings commit egregious acts in order to increase the costs of enforcing federal civil rights, like copyrights, then we should reward them by forcing copyright owners to spend more to enforce their rights. I would have thought that almost anyone would realize that functional societies cannot let would-be-pirate kings use ...

... hapless driver in front of us who does a stupid thing. He has no patience with the person who is hard of hearing, although I've repeated things to him a great many times. He is impatient with the 'internuts'. He thinks it's ridiculous that Tim, having a German name, prefers ketchup to mustard. He shouts in German at the pot rack above my sink, an affectation, since he does not, ...