Friday, June 25, 2004

Smoked Out

Here’s an interesting reading opinion piece written by Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado.  Campos is a non-smoker, or reformed smoker, which ever you prefer, and he is commenting on the difference between going out to the bar, or bowling alley, in Kalamazoo, Michigan versus Boulder, Colorado.  An excerpt.

"A generation ago, a few libertarians joked that things like anti-smoking legislation were the first steps on the road to the serfdom of the Nanny State, in which red meat would be available only by prescription and a Twinkie would be treated as a dangerous weapon. As is so often the case, a previous generation’s morbid humor is rapidly becoming the official position of all right-thinking people."

“Creating a nonsmoking ‘Nanny State’."

I wonder if he had time to visit the Kalamazoo Brewing Company? They craft some wonderful beers, and their little onsite pub is treat to spend an afternoon in.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/25 at 02:22 AM
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