[Labyrinthos]

I’m not sure whether the problem is pure laziness that leads people to look for any excuse not to go to work or whether 25 years of big-government, nanny-statist rule has turned us into wimps and girly-boys incapable of providing for our own safety and well-being.

[Wallace T.]

When was New York City not governed by left wingers? (possibly excepting Giuliani, who at most was a moderate.) Back in the 1920s? Leftists have become more wimpy, and, regretfully, so have moderates and some conservatives. Further, the whole political spectrum has turned more authoritarian.