In the article “Oh Brother,” which was first published in the Boston Globe in 2006, Jeff Jacoby raises a question about U.S. people’s liberty by illustrating an issue of banning trans fats from restaurants in New York City. He argues that, trans fats food is bad in some perspectives, such as it could raise the risk of heart disease and it is bad for people’s long-term health. However, trans-fats food also brings people immediate joy when dinning, and that makes trans fats food becomes a personal option that people should make by themselves, rather than the government decides for them. Jacoby refer the government as the “Big Brother,” and he claims that the “Big Brother” is limiting people’s freedom from some perspectives, but it is also sometimes
