For the record? I have never been her baby. In fact, I reject the notion of coming out of her body. I prefer to believe I was hatched, or perhaps purchased.
The new puritans have been highly successful. All of the preconditions for new prohibitions on alcohol and tobacco are in place. . . . Indeed, the future agenda of the federal government has already been established to outlaw alcohol and tobacco in the near future. . . . If current trends persist, America will be moving toward stricter prohibitions, greater restrictions, and more centralized control over consumption. This represents an erosion of liberty at its most fundamental level.