The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption โ and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizensโ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government.
Glenn ReynoldsDiplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.
Glenn ReynoldsWith 'swift-boating' now being used by the ignorant as a synonym for false charges, it's worth remembering that it was John Kerry who had to retract his statement about his secret Christmas mission to Cambodia, despite it having allegedly been 'seared, seared' into his memory.
Glenn ReynoldsGovernment, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. Like a lot of things politicians say, this sounds good. And, also like a lot of things politicians say, it isn't the least bit true. Many of the things government does, we don't choose. Many of the things we choose, government doesn't do. And whatever gets done, we're not the ones doing it. And those who are doing it often interpret their mandates selfishly.
Glenn Reynolds