By • Sep 08,2008

The Nanny State

Ezra Klein muses about how to control yet another part of your daily life: It’s not legal anywhere in America to drive over 100 miles an hour. Hell, it’s not...

By • Sep 08,2008

Meet Dr. Strangelove

As we prepare to flip the switch on our own doomsday machine, a.k.a. the Large Hadron Collider, isn’t it wonderful to know that the man behind it all had a...

By • Sep 08,2008

Hedging Your Bets

No matter if you’re on the side of the climate change consensus or one of the skeptics, it makes sense not to restrict our options to emission-reducing cap-and-trade schemes alone....

By • Sep 08,2008

Odom laid to rest in Arlington

I’ve just returned from the funeral for Lt. Gen. William Odom at Arlington. A remarkable and completely understated ceremony. Zbigniew Brzezinski spoke for about 15 minutes, a cellist played a...

By • Sep 08,2008

Safety First

For the frequent flyers among you who are annoyed by TSA’s 3-1-1 rule going through security (3oz or smaller plastic bottles, in a single 1-qt clear zip-top plastic bag): These...

By • Sep 08,2008

All things must pass

It seems that “Rent” is wrapping up its Broadway run after 12 years. How do you measure that? Probably in grams. Hoping for some closure, I turned to those who...