Author: James N. Markels

By Oct 06,2002

Law Is No Trivial Pursuit

I wonder if people treated the law as they treat the rules in games, would we really have all of the legal wrangling we’ve seen in New Jersey lately? I...

By Oct 02,2002

Election Perception

The election in Iraq two weeks ago, wherein every single one of Iraq’s nearly 11.8 million eligible voters was claimed to have voted to give Saddam Hussein another seven-year term...

By Sep 04,2002

The New Battle of the Bulge

Quick poll: How many of you think that fast food is healthy? If you’re raising your hand, you must be Caesar Barber, the one person in America who somehow didn’t...