Today we will discuss a topic near and dear to us all. Especially those who purport to hate it. We will be discussing property rights and why once instantiated, it is always disastrous to abrogate them.

Our home is one with many rituals. Breakfast is served at my house at 0700. While Nicole is making the meal, I am making cappuccinos. When the call to breakfast is sounded, Zev (10), who has been up for at least an hour by 0700, must drag himself away from his books to trundle outside and get the newspapers.