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... on the NYT and Hayek from The Economist: What is this thing Hayek called "the rule of law"?

... now, almost 70 years later, it is abundantly clear that the prevailing sort of liberal-democratic welfare state has no general tendency toward tyranny.

Clear to whom? Not to me. And not if the likes of Michael Bloomberg have their way. (See Mayor Bloomberg as the Soda Nazi. -- Via Instapundit.)