Famed economists warned us about big government power. Katie paid the ultimate price

My daughter Katie was 20 years old.

She was a college student. She had dreams, plans, friends and a future stretching out before her. On January 19, 2025, while visiting friends in Urbana, Illinois, she was sitting in the back seat of a vehicle stopped at a red light when an intoxicated driver slammed into it at nearly 80 miles per hour. Katie and another young woman were killed. Three others were seriously injured.

Every parent who loses a child asks why.

Over the last year...