By Feb 18,2007

Haiku Brew: Astronauts and Leaks

Have my wig, my love, My plan, a full tank of gas. Now for the diapers. — AEM Lady astronaut Drives to Florida, diapered Pooping all the way Scooter Libby’s...

By Feb 18,2007

Inequality Builds Character

Everywhere you turn, people are talking about income inequality. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has turned into a one-trick pony, fretting about “the rise of a narrow oligarchy” twice each...

By Feb 04,2007

Open Access or Peer-Review?

Last spring, Senate busybody Joseph Lieberman and Sen. John Cornyn introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. Most of us instinctively cringe over any suggestions Sen. Lieberman makes...

By Feb 04,2007

Gay Marriage and Democracy

On January 3rd, the Massachusetts Legislature — convened in a joint session of its House and Senate known as a Constitutional Convention — voted 62 to 134 to place an...

By Jan 14,2007

The Castaway

Sam Francis came to Washington as one of the bright young minds of the New Right in the late 1970s, anxious to help the conservative movement defeat communism abroad and...

By Jan 13,2007

The Desire to Control Others

One of my favorite economics professors had the perfect solution to the problem of unchecked government growth. To keep politicians from spending time and taxpayer money dreaming up new laws,...