Know Your Rights  'Know your rights.'   On the other hand, what
American knows what his rights really are? According to the
federal and state governments, Americans have the right to food,
clothing, health care, education, housing, telephone service,
and even Internet access! Who can keep up with all of the new
'rights' our elected officials invent for us every year?  Let's
consider what a right really is. According to Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, a right is 'something to which one has a
just claim.' Thomas Jefferson famously delineated man's
'inalienable Rights' as 'Life, Liberty , and the pursuit of
Happiness.' Jefferson 's formulation seems about right, for the
'inalienable Rights' he listed also have the unique quality that
they can be enjoyed by all simultaneously. That is, for me to
exercise my right to life, no one else is required to die,
although it is possible that someone might willingly give up his
life to save mine. For me to be free, no one else must be in
bondage. For me to engage i