The Patriot Act clearly has problems. I opposed it at the time, not so much about concerns about the Bush administration, but what would happen when a committed, totalitarian statist came to office and decided to use it against his political and ideological opponents. It's too powerful in the hands of zealots who are out to destroy constitutional freedom.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.