Our program at Freedom School on Tuesday focused on a range of topics.

They included a look at how Freedom newspapers and Web sites embrace our libertarian foundation in our editorials and discussions of illigal immigration, whether freedom is on the march or in retreat, church and state in a free country and how our properties engage in libertarianism and community service.

Tom Palmer of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, reviewed his observations after reading editorials from our newspapers.

He saw evidence that we support the idea of freedom for all, that we believe in the rule of law, that should be economy in government — that it should be limited — and that government should be closely watched.

He noted that our editorials hold public officials accountable for their actions, and inaction, that rule of law should apply to everyone, that we should know the rules of law ahead of time, that laws shouldn’t favor one group over another and that government shouldn’t rob Peter to pay Pail.

We try to practice those principals on our editorial page in The Tribune and Opinion section online at TribTown.com.

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