Last Week's Top 5 Hits at Reason.com

These were the most popular Reason.com columns last week:

The Real Reason for Obama's Unpopularity: Every honeymoon ends, by Steve Chapman (2/18)

Climate Crackup: A breakdown in Copenhagen saves a divided world from carbon rationing, by Ronald Bailey (2/17)

Obama Spurns Gun Control: Why the anti-gun lobby is disappointed with Obama's first year, by Steve Chapman (2/15)

Who Doesn't Trust Science Now? Weird weather, Climategate, and the dangers of faith-based science, by David Harsanyi (2/17)

Congress' Phony Price Tags: Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections, by Veronique de Rugy (2/16)

Comments

[Lester Hunt]

From "The Real Reason for Obama's Unpopularity": "...new presidents invariably lose public esteem in the first year of their terms?and go on to try to explicate something truly mysterious, like Lady Gaga."

WTF??

[Joshua]

Do you deny Lady Gaga's mystery?

or do you misread the text? The hyphenated inclusion is the obvious statement referenced in the part of the sentence before the first hyphen.

[Spoonman]

I know people here, including me, love their Star Trek, so I have to ask: Is one of you the person I saw driving in the Galleria area of Houston with tons of bumper stickers and a line drawing of Spock and Kirk on the side of their car, with the caption "Analysis, Spock..."