"Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. Social Security. It’s Time for E*Trade." This San Francisco billboard message amused me because, like so many in my generation, I outgrew fairy tales, fantasy, and paternalistic government programs long ago.
"You are all individuals, and I like that in a person," a guitarist told the crowd at a Sacramento establishment. Those who laughed at the line were unaware that it contradicted government policy on the 2000 Census, which emphatically declares that we are not all individuals.
