by Patrick J. Buchanan

“Our Enemy, the State” was the title of libertarian Albert Jay Nock’s classic that was once widely read by conservatives.

Nock was not an anarchist but a Jeffersonian. Government was necessary, but in its centralization lay the roots of tyranny.

And in 21st century America, Leviathan is indeed rising – and, oddly, being welcomed by people who talk incessantly of freedom.

Consider the front-page story in the New York Times of Nov. 8, “House backs broad protection for gay workers.”