No man is an island. Our debts to others stretch far back into the mists of time. Special acknowledgments are due, however, to the Hoover Institution, which allows me the time and the freedom from teaching and administrative chores to explore such issues as I choose at the pace that I choose. This book, for example, began as an attempt to write an article, which simply grew beyond its bounds. A debt of gratitude is also due the Manhattan Institute, which has repeatedly done a superb job in organizing forums in which my ideas and books were made known to the media and the intellectual community, and which has disseminated these proceedings widely throughout the country. These gatherings have been important to me in gauging the issues and approaches that give others the most difficulty, and I have tried to keep these in mind in the presentation in this book. I wish also to express my appreciation to the Wayne Law Review and to Policy Review, both of which permitted me to copyright articles I wrote for them, parts of which reappear in this book. The most special debt, however, is due to my wife, who has not only discussed and criticized the ideas in this and other books, but who has also provided much of the personal setting in which both work and happiness can flourish.