nanny state

Smoke ’em if You Got ’em

Many of us might hate smoking, but there’s no more important battleground for recognizing our rights of self-ownership.  Scientific American asked me for the libertarian take on anti-smoking laws: Moreover, the limitation of 18-year-olds should offend a population of legal adults, said Janet Hopf, president of the Manhattan Libertarian Party. “Eighteen year olds should be […]

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The Nanny State Reaches Its Apex

It’s finally come to this. They’ve outlawed guns, banned smoking, criminalized fatty foods. You’d think New York’s nanny statists had done just about everything possible to protect grownups from themselves, right? I mean, what else could they do — make it illegal to jump off a tall building? Well, yes. Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. (who

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