No government prohibition succeeds, including candy bans at government schools. Says a principal: “It’s created a little underground economy, with businessmen selling everything from a pack of skittles to an energy drink” out of their backpacks. And as with all such government efforts, everyone is now far more interested in candy then when it was dispensed from a few dusty vending machines. (Thanks to Charles Everett.)

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.