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John Bicknell
John Bicknell is executive editor of Watchdog.org, a nonprofit journalism project of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity.
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The essence of the Nanny State is the belief among too many government officials that people are too stupid to know what’s best for them. That attitude manifests itself across jurisdictions. It knows no state or regional boundary. Governing elites…