These days, I find myself packing extra clues in my back pocket. That's because, more and more, I'm running into people that just don't have a clue about what is happening around them. Are they too detached from reality to realize they're clueless? Or do they know they're without a clue, but perhaps too shy to ask for one? While the exact reason for their clueless status is a mystery, there is a way to help.

What kinds of circumstances bring out the clueless? Well, let's consider freedom of speech, for example. An entertainment personality, like Howard Stern, is driven off of broadcast radio by political renegades, and some people applaud the success to silence his voice on terrestrial airwaves because they don't like him or what he says. Obviously, these people fail to realize that by muffling Stern, they're encouraging and supporting the further censorship of all Americans who might have an alternate opinion.

For you special folks, you really need to get a clue. Here, have one of mine.

Sometimes, I nonchalantly drop a clue on the floor when I'm talking to these people. It brings a smile to my face when I hear the squeal of delight and someone says, "Hey, I got a clue!", and figure out that they're not clueless anymore.

How about property rights? In Riviera Beach, Florida, town officials are moving forward with plans to use eminent domain to confiscate the land and property of approximately 6,000 residents. Most of these affected people are black, low income families. Surely displacing so many law-abiding citizens must be for an exceedingly important public good, right? Hardly