Politics & Prose

By David Freddoso • Sep 25,2005

Protesting for dummies

In celebration of this weekend’s hippie march on the National Mall, I drove to Virginia and stayed there well beyond nightfall. You may wonder why I would pass up a...

By AF Editors • Sep 11,2005

The circus is back in town

A sadly entertaining peek at some of the bills Congressmen have proposed this year.

By Eric Neigher • Sep 11,2005

Dear L.A.,

Dear City of Los Angeles, We need to talk. I think you know as well as I do that our relationship has been going through a rough patch lately, and...

By James N. Markels • Sep 05,2005

Welcome to your legacy, Mr. President

The old saying goes, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Such is the case if disaster strikes when you’re unprepared. Now, with New Orleans...

By Sam Ryan • Aug 28,2005

The Postal Service’s eminently absurd powers

Much criticism of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on eminent domain has focused on the narrow circumstances of the case: The court has allowed the City of New London, Connecticut,...

By David Freddoso • Aug 28,2005

My vote was cancelled out by a baseball diamond

Last Wednesday, my roommate and I watched from the nosebleeds as the hapless Nationals beat up on his even more hapless Reds. Some time around the fifth inning, before the...