Finding Peggy West’s borders

My column for the Daily News is online.  It’s called, “Finding Peggy West’s borders.”  Here’s the main point:

Supervisor West’s exhibition also serves as a valuable reminder of that which every American instinctively knows. One is not necessarily more intelligent by virtue of being elected to serve in office. Politicians should remember that fact when they seek to enact laws with ramifications well beyond their capacity to understand.