Ever have a recurring dream? You know, like all of your teeth fall out or you step on a crack and literally break your mother's back?

Anyone who's ever talked to a convicted felon or heard one on TV knows the refrain: "I didn't do it." It's hard to believe the police, the victims and the court system could be so wrong, so often. My gut tells me that more often than not, those felons did do it. If they didn't do the thing for which they've been locked up, they did something to somebody somewhere at some time -- and so they deserve the punishment.

Reparations are like an overdue bill, complete with a cast of nagging collectors who call the house at dinnertime demanding payment -- only America doesn't have the money or will to pay.