The Broadcast Giveaway
When "the public interest" means free ads for politicians
Congress
A Sixth Opinion
A panel of political appointees will give Gulf War Syndrome the presidential seal.
Reasonable Doubts: Their Own Petard
Fans of activist litigation discover the other guy can sue too.
Software Pirates
Congress never gave the FDA power to control medical practice. But the agency seized it anyway--by regulating software and computers.
Unlovely Spam
Efforts to deter unsolicited e-mail may cause more problems than they would solve.
Bones of Contention
A federal law stands between scientists and America's prehistoric past.
Dealers' Choices
The tobacco companies have renounced the principles that made it possible to defend them.
Let's Make a Deal
As the proposed tobacco settlement heads to Congress, the anti-smoking movement is divided over whether it's a good deal after all. A guide to the players, the alliances they've established, and who hopes to get what.
Courting Trouble
Congress would rather complain about life-tenured federal judges than make recalcitrant bureaucrats enforce the law.
Taxing Times
Squabbling between flat taxers and sales taxers could allow the Internal Revenue Code to escape unscathed.
Polluted Science
New air pollution regulations based on questionable science and creative economic analysis could cost billions and change the way Americans mow their lawns, heat their homes, clean their clothes, and barbecue their burgers. Can Congress stop this regulatory power grab?
