The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in

"The price of liberty, observed Thomas Jefferson, is eternal vigilance. What he hadn't banked on is that the price of eternal vigilance seems to entail a slow descent into lunatic paranoia."

Ask the Pilot's Patrick Smith muses on the plight of two British Clash fans who, in separate incidents, found themselves in for some serious interrogation from authorities after singing or texting Clash lyrics.

London is drowning, and we all live by the river.

ronnie