Today's Required Reading...

...besides my column, I mean.

My man Ben Bromley, with whom I played church league softball until shoulder tendonitis sidelined me for a season, on our growing habit of banning things for our own good.

His conclusion:

Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. And then ban 'em.

And you'll just have to read it to find out what that means.