The Ice Cream Anti-Social Lens of Liberty

Many of us share great memories of eating ice cream in the park, one of the great

pleasures of summer. But we’ll have no more of that in Boulder, Colorado. The

city has now banned ice cream as an option for vendors in all the local parks.

That’s because the ice cream bars that were being sold come in larger sizes, and

have higher sugar and fat content, than is allowed under the City’s latest nutrition

guidelines. Those rules apply to all ice cream, but also to nuts, chips, packaged

fruits, cereal, cookies, pudding, and all other snacks. Should city governments even

have rules for such things, or should we all look through the lens of liberty, and

insist that such regulations be withdrawn? We can decide for ourselves when and

where we want to enjoy ice cream.