Several years ago, Jonah Goldberg wrote a book entitled Liberal Fascism, which demonstrated the many ways in which liberals (make that “liberals”) employ the tactics of fascism (properly understood, not the general purpose epithet it has become) to get what they want. The current flap over the beliefs of the president of Chick-Fil-A (opposed to gay marriage) and the lengths to which politicians will go to get back at anyone whose thinking is out of line with theirs is the subject of this Cato@Liberty post by Tom Palmer.

Benito Mussolini described his philosophy: “Everything within the State; nothing outside of the State.” The US is rapidly moving in that direction.