Bringing the World Together

Turns out the Denver Airport has an indoor smoking lounge, a sign that despite Barack Obama's lead in the polls Colorado's not yet a truly blue state. But the fact that I immediately interpret the signal that way is a reminder that it's a bit strange that relatively smoker-friendly public policy is typical of both middle America and the dread Europeans.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/06/bringing-the-world-together/49004/