Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Because that's how politics and life work—it swings like a pendulum. From one extreme to the other. Sometimes it swings right, sometimes it swings left. When people have tolerated failure for long enough, they long for something different.

If France wants the statue back, and they're willing to pay to take it back, they can have it. I won't lose a minute of sleep if the Statue of Liberty no longer overlooks the New York Harbor. But giving Lady Liberty back to France should be Option B.

Then what is Option A?

Is banning rap lyrics from being used as evidence in court an infringement of First Amendment rights? Two New York senators believe that it is.