Interesting piece at Reason today about the looming possibility that the Supreme Court might soon interpret the second amendment to mean that the right to “bear” arms includes “bearing” them...
As I’ve said in the past, I’m entirely in favor of Israel traveling to Dubai to kill terrorists in a manner that harms no civilians. Again, I don’t really understand...
I’m a firm believer in the idea that the deepest circle of hell — which is made of ice, remember, not fire — is reserved for traitors. People who stab...
One thing I’ve never been entirely clear on is why we should feel terribly nervous about the government having our DNA samples on record. Now, I’m not saying that, at...
Matt Yglesias: If you’re lucky, of course, your house is undestroyed and it happens to be well-stocked by canned goods and bottled water. But say it’s not. It’s not like...
Sometime late Saturday evening, James Cameron’s sci-fi eco-epic Avatar crossed $700 million at the box office. It’s a pretty astounding figure, and it’s worth just briefly looking at some of...
