A good example is an article entitled "The Era of Small Government is Over" by Jamelle Bouie, which appears in today's New York Times. I am not kidding. That is really the title of Bouie's article.

Well, for heaven's sakes, why didn't someone tell me that I have been living in an era of small government? i have completely missed it. As a libertarian, I would have liked to have at least been made aware that I have been living in an era of small government, even if it was for just a short time.

Why, all I see is a system of massive mandatory charity, with the two socialist programs Social Security and Medicare as its crown jewels. But of course, they are not the only mandatory-charity programs. There are also farm subsidies, education grants, corporate bailouts, foreign aid to favorite dictators, like those in Ukraine and Egypt, and many, many more welfare-state programs.