The tic to blame all of life’s ills on deregulation has become pathological. For evidence, behold this passage from Marilyn Stasio’s review of Ginger Strand’s book (Killer on the Road) about murderers on America’s highways: “By Strand’s reckoning, the road killer was issued his official ticket to ride by the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which deregulated the trucking industry.