The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. — Frank Zappa. American musician (1940–1993) America, Laws
Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.