“It pretends to care for us”

Nanny State gets an early mention in the Washington Examiner.

It pretends to care for us, tucking us in at night, a smile on its lips, compassion in its eyes, but then, as our trust grows, it puts a pillow over our faces. Though we writhe and kick and try to shout, we find ourselves being smothered to death. 

I speak of the nanny state, which also happens to be the title of a book by David Harsanyi, a Denver columnist I recently met, a pleasant fellow whose unpleasant message is that the country is jam-packed with people wanting to tell us how to live our lives even when our behavior affects no one but ourselves. 

I had the opportunity to spend some time with the columnist Jay Ambrose at the Independent Institute’s Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Party last month.  Needless to say, a good time was had by all.