The Cocktail Party Contrarian: Real-Life Lessons in Big-Government Failure

During a long wait for help getting a passport, I turned to my son and said, ‘This is why you don’t vote for more government.’

Glenn Fawcett via Wikimedia Commons
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer stamps a passport at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, March 13, 2020. Glenn Fawcett via Wikimedia Commons

My son and I went to the post office to get his passport. When I discovered he had lost his last one, I thought I might cry. He didn’t remember his last adventure in passport acquisition, but I did. Luckily, this time was just as frustrating as the last, and my son’s 16-year-old brain that morning absorbed a few important lessons about the failures of big government that I hope he never forgets.

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