Forced Payment
Clinton's Social Security reform would rob teachers, ministers, and cops.
Congress
Taking Back the Fifth
As government expands "takings" to intellectual property and other intangibles, will business start to care about property rights?
Capital Letters: Linear Thinking
In which our man in Washington contemplates the virtues of urban planning, literacy, and marriage
Reasonable Doubts: Firing Squad
In the gun litigation wars, who really speaks for federalism?
Liberation Biology
Scientist Lee M. Silver on cloning wars, bioethical battles, and new and improved genes
The "Hate State" Myth
In Wyoming, there are a few bigots who don't like gays. In the media, there are a lot more bigots who don't like Wyoming.
Capital Letters: Judgment Days
In which our man in Washington discovers the newest conservative outrage, prepares for Y2K, and gets a secret identity
Capital Letters: Michael and Me
In which our man in Washington celebrates diverse foods, enjoys Philip Morris' largess, and debates Social Security reform with a leftist documentary maker.
Fast-Track Impasse
U.S. trade polcy is dead in the water. Here's how to get it moving again.
Gender War Crimes
Classifying offenses against women as "hate crimes" is a dangerous political game.
Capital Letters: Coat-Check Time
In which our man in Washington endures Republican victory rituals.
The Good Soldier
Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain certainly is a man of honor. But is he a man of principle?
Dense Thinkers
"New Urbanism," the latest fad in urban planning, promises less traffic, better air, and lower taxes. Here's what it really delivers.
