800th Birthday of the Magna Carta

King John* reluctantly signing (actually it was sealed not signed) the Magna Carta Libertatum**

Mark Steyn: The Field Where Liberty Was Sown with his post of today too

The Field Where Liberty Was Sown http://t.co/MEf4uQKfO9 #MagnaCarta800th

— Mark Steyn (@MarkSteynOnline) June 15, 2015

* The same King (Prince) John from Robin Hood.

** Magna Carta Libertatum:

The Great Charter of Liberty. I'm happy to say Mr Cameron's Commonwealth cousins across the Atlantic in Ottawa are more on top of things: One of the modestly heartening innovations of Stephen Harper's ministry is that, when immigrants to Canada take the oath of citizenship, they're now given among other things a copy of Magna Carta. 

Why? Because everything flows therefrom - from England's Glorious Revolution to the US Constitution and beyond. It's part of the reason why the English-speaking world, in contrast to Continental Europe, has managed to sustain its freedoms across the generations.

If Noam Chomsky is against it, you know how good it is!

EBL: Magna Carta 800 Birthday with bonus Salisbury Cathedral

George Will: Making the case for February 24, 1803

Instapundit: Why the Magna Carta still matters

Camp of the Saints: Magna Carta Libertatum at 800
Instapundit: Guess what: Liberals hate the Magna Carta (I wonder why) and we need a new magna carta for the regulatory world