When interpreting freedom, reason sometimes takes a back seat

The dancers? They weren't innocent tourists moved to sway by the majesty of Jefferson. They were professional protesters — Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin and Iraq war veteran Adam Kokesh among the group — who were making a point about freedom and liberty in an event they promoted on Facebook. They boogied with Jefferson to challenge this month's U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that dancing at memorials is forbidden "because it stands out as a type of performance, creating its own center of attention and distracting from the atmosphere of solemn commemoration," according to the panel's ruling.