Child-proofing the World
By every measure, children are doing better than ever. Why all the anxiety? And where will it end?
Criminal Justice
Pot of Trouble
Grow marijuana for medical use in California, and you can get off. Do it in Oklahoma, and you can get 93 years.
Judge Dread
Robert Bork's hyperbolic assault on contemporary culture is a best-seller. But it has even his conservative allies backing away.
Gulf Lore Syndrome
Why are the Gulf War vets getting sick? You won't find out by reading The New York Times and USA Today.
Prescription: Drugs
When California and Arizona overwhelmingly passed initiatives allowing the medical use of marijuana, drug warriors were apoplectic. What do these measures mean?
Looking for Results: An Interview with Ronald Coase
Nobel laureate Ronald Coase on rights, resources, and regulation
Fishing Expeditions
Why fishermen who used to welcome the Coast Guard have started to dread it.
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.
