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  • August 2008
    • 'Coercive Paternalism' Is Bad Parenting

      'Coercive Paternalism' Is Bad Parenting

      (Newser) - Under the banner of what’s good for you, an insidious new trend is growing. “Coercive paternalism,” Steve Chapman writes in Reason , is the wrong-minded older sibling of the much-in-vogue “libertarian paternalism” responsible for dietary information in chain restaurants. “Libertarian paternalists … limit themselves to promoting informed choices,” Chapman writes. “Coercive paternalists have a simpler approach: telling us what to do.” More »

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      Los Angeles   San Francisco   public health   fast food   government   cigarette   nanny laws

  • June 2008
    • Frank, Chicago Isn't Your Kind of Town Anymore

      Frank, Chicago Isn't Your Kind of Town Anymore

      (Newser) - The gritty home of the Bulls and Bears is turning soft, Radley Balko gripes in the Chicago Tribune . The Windy City has developed a nasty case of paternalism that’s trampling the rights of its people to smoke, drink, and eat trans fats freely—and even ranked last in a poll gauging the freedoms of America's most-populated cities. More »

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      Chicago   smoking ban   gun ban   nanny laws   drinking bans

  • March 2007
    • Left Coast Democrats Lead in Nanny Laws

      Left Coast Democrats Lead in Nanny Laws

      (Newser) - Smoking, trans fat and auto emissions are only the beginning: A group of California legislators is agitating for measures regulating everything from having your pet neutered to changing your light bulbs. They're called "nanny laws," and poli-sci types say they're a product of prosperity. It's "post materialist," says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at UC Berkeley. Such measures are about quality of life, not survival, he says. More »

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      California   Democrats   smoking ban   UC Berkeley   California legislature   nanny laws   political science

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