As I ran through the park, I couldn’t help but think of the park as a metaphor for all that government does for its citizens. Our roads, our trains, our water and sewers, our universal access to electricity, heat, and telecommunications. Our schools. Our protection from fire and flood, from crime and from foreign enemies. Our rule of law. I know that many of these services cost more than they should, and accomplish less than they could. Some are tragically at odds with core American values—I grieve for police violence against people of color, unnecessary foreign wars, a rule of law that too
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