One of the mysteries of tyranny is that tyrants seem either not to realise, or not to care, that history will despise them and will make heroes of their opponents. In today’s Zimbabwe, suffering mightily under brutality and incompetence, there is just such a tyrant: the demon figure of Robert Mugabe, changed from a saviour and liberator of his people into a bully and fool.
One measure of a good society is whether individuals are free to do as they choose on matters that principally concern only them. The debate about heroin, cocaine and marijuana touches precisely on this.