To the Finish

The fascinating thing about democracy is its contradictions. Everyone seems agreed that governments need to maintain a certain amount of secrecy, and yet a free society demands that we have all the information when we step into the voting booth to make our choices. Now we have freedom of speech coming up against good taste. A man in New Jersey has given his son the names Adolph Hitler and has sparked outrage. His reason? "Nobody else will have that name."