Oct 15,2008
Bearing Arms in National Parks
Lost in all the noise about the ongoing bail-out is an important vote before Congress, slated for November 1, on a controversial plan to overturn the ban on guns in...
Oct 09,2008
The Caucasian Persuasion
In their efforts to comprehend conflict in any part of the world that they are but very imperfectly aware of, Americans tend to seek refuge in pronouncements of the analogical...
Oct 08,2008
We cast him out!
Thinking about the reaction to Conor Friedersdorf’s original article on Sarah Palin, fealty to the Republican party is essentially a kind of nationalism. Which means it’s Orwell time: As nearly...
Oct 07,2008
Scenes from the L
Last week, while I was riding the train to school, a man entered the carriage and began to address its passengers in a loud voice. He was about mid-thirties, I’d...
Oct 07,2008
Words of consolation
Be assured, my young friend, that there is a great deal of ruin in a nation. – Adam Smith