That’s one reason we have strong reservations about the call by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for random testing that would allow police to pull citizens over for breathalyzer tests, even without suspicion a driver is impaired. This gives police too much power. And we have all seen what transpires when that’s allowed to happen.

Irish poet Brendan Behan may have overstated it when he said: "I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn’t make it worse." But we don’t want a police state, and there should be reasonable limits on their authority. Let’s not further curb precious liberties.

If only the editorial staffs of our own newspapers had the courage to stand up to MADD…