The election I could hardly bear to watch

Sunday column

On the day of the 1999 election, I had my mind made up. 

The past year or so had left me disenchanted by the weight of the State’s heavy hand in my business.

Well, if the State wanted to make me feel unhappy, two could play at that game. I would give my vote to the party that dreams of making the government small enough to drown in a bathtub.

I was quite …