I haven’t run into an article that resonated so immediately with me, that as I read it the following thought crystalized "I guess I’m not a Progressive with a capital P". Read Boudreaux’s column "Progressive — not!"
Just as feudal lords protected their serfs from being raped and pillaged by invading hordes, so, too, will the modern state protect us helpless and ignorant ordinary folk from unsafe foods, immoral drugs, blackhearted corporations, naughty words and inexpensive foreign products.