From John Stossel, pretty funny:
This week's "Give Me A Break!" is about Montgomery County's new ban on smoking in your own home if it bothers a neighbor. It's not surprising that Montgomery County is the first to do this; it is right next to Washington D.C., where politicians are famous for running other people's lives.
Montgomery County is also home to the mayor I interviewed recently, after he banned smoking outdoors in his town. He said it was necessary to "protect the children." After the interview, he went to the National Cathedral, where he worked as an usher, and in the men's room, touched the genitals of a 14 year old boy. After pleading guilty to sexual abuse, he lost on the smoking front too--judges tossed out his town's ban on outdoor smoking.
But the county's move on "at home" smoking hasn't been overturned. What's next? Loud children? Perfume? Cooking with onions?
Smoke frightens me lots less than sanctimonious politicians.