Of late, I’ve read political comments to the effect that, due to the complexities of our society, America and Americans are ungovernable. The remark is usually made to excuse the president’s performance, or as justification for a large administrative state. I would like to think the condition exists because of the nature of the American spirit. I greet it with sincere welcome. Beyond obeying the basic laws of civil society, I wish to be ungovernable; and I wish all other Americans to have the same ambition. In fact, I think it a fine American tradition, and a noble goal to be ornery and difficult to govern.