You Can't Judge A Cover By Its Book

The most frightening laws are the ones that nobody opposes.

Case in point: a recent law passed unanimously by both parties in both houses of the Michigan legislature, then signed by the governor. It's the sort of thing that sounds so squeaky clean and wholesome that any moderate-to-conservative legislator would get behind it, and no liberal would dare to stand up and oppose it. It requires that dirty magazines not be displayed so that kids can see them in the convenience store or gas station. Sounds like common sense. Unfortunately, the law itself sounds like the legislators have their heads up their asses.

See Briefs on the Outside for an explanation of the law and what's so damn backwards about its logic. If legislation were homework assignments, and a professer were to grade this one, it'd get a "D-"... for completely screwing up the logic, but not failing completely because it managed to spell everything right.