Sep 05,2005
Mobile menace?
Does banning cell phones in cars really improve road safety? How about banning chihuahuas?
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...
Sep 05,2005
You can’t fake it
Should something be done just because it’s never been done? It all depends on whether one’s priority is to be a pioneer or a great artist. Michael Winterbottom, one would...
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,...
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...
Aug 21,2005
The perfect crime
Rafael Gonzalez is incredibly shallow, exceedingly cocky, and an inveterate womanizer–but he’s strangely sympathetic anyway. As played by Guillermo Toledo, who can tell a story in the raise of his...