Government facilities and services -- which are actually disservices overall -- are called "public" while services that are efficiently responsive to the public are dubbed "private." Why is that? That way of framing the distinction could be intended to subtly denigrate the marketplace, or "private sector," where profit "selfishly" motivates people who, in the process, improve strangers' lives every day. That sector's record is noticeably better than the "public sector's." So we're taught to believe that the government's motives are purer -- the unselfish pursuit of the "public interest" by...