GOVERNMENT IS JUST A WORD FOR THE THINGS WE DO TOGETHER: “Montgomery County kidnapped two children this weekend.”

That’s the only way to see this story. Reportedly, around 4:55, someone called the cops because two kids, ages 6 and 11, were playing, without parents around. The cops forced the kids into a car, and then brought them to Child Protective Services. Three hours later, they informed the panicked parents. Three hours after that, the county let the parents take the kids home. . . .

Stranger abductions, or kids in broad daylight being killed while crossing the street — these are 1-in-a-million dangers. A hostile county government is a more real threat for some of us.