Listen to the national dialog in America today and it is clear that the distinction between Rights, Powers, and Privileges is becoming increasingly confused and even lost. In today’s affluent modern American society it is common to hear the anguished cry for, “our rights!” We hear many demanding rights that are in fact not rights. We hear few talking about powers and it appears unclear to many who should have the powers and which powers. The word privilege is rarely if ever heard. The idea of privileges has been completely supplanted by the inaccurate use of the word '”rights.”
