MORE ON MEASLES: “The Centers for Disease Control reports a surge in measles outbreaks; almost all the cases are in children who never received the routine shots for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Vanquished diseases are rebounding thanks to growing–but groundless–fears over the safety of traditional vaccines. Driven by those fears, ever more parents are finding a way to forgo shots for their children–even though shots are required in most of the nation. And some politicians are encouraging them. A proposed New York law, sponsored by Suffolk County Assemblyman Marc Alessi, would establish a ‘philosophical’ exemption to mandatory childhood vaccinations.”

I’ll buy it, if I they’ll indulge my “philosophical” objections to taxes and speed limits.