". . .you open your book with quotes from G.K. Chesterton ("The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool...but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog") and Cheap Trick ("Too many people want to save the world.")"



As Aristotle (quoted through Joe Sobran) said, ideally there should be few laws, seldom changed.  Furthermore, laws should be rooted in the general behavior of the citizens.  Why is it so hard for so many people to understand the beauty and utility of this logic?

Reason magazine has a good (if explicit) interview with David Harsanyi about his new book.