Less Crime, More Punishment
A Texas study says crime falls as prisons go up.
Crime
Smoke Alarm
This weed will make you stupid, unemployable, and lethargic. Now it's pot. It used to be tobacco.
What the Doctor Orders
By treating risky behavior like a communicable disease, the public health establishment invites government to meddle in our private lives.
Class Consciousness
The House Republican freshmen: always aggressive, sometimes obnoxious, hardly monolithic
The Good Old Days Are Now
Forget what you've heard about "working harder and getting less." Most Americans have both more leisure and better goods than they did 20 years ago.
Shooting Blind
Press coverage of the "assault weapon" controversy suggests that most journalists know very little about guns--and are not interested in learning.
Frontier Freedom: An Interview with Malcolm Wallop
The former senator on Republican promises, the limits of federal authority, and the way of the West
Numbers Games: Suffer the Missing Children?
Taxpayer dollars continue to disappear while children don't.
Drugs: Mock Debate
A DEA manual on how to argue against legalization shows lack of imagination.
No Easy Answers: An Interview with James Q. Wilson
James Q. Wilson on bureaucracy, crime, and community
