Pork for Christmas
The new federal budget's top 10 most egregious items.
Law & Government
How to Kill a City
The Creative Destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940, by Max Page, The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities, by Fred Siegel
Capital Letters: Stump Speeches
In which our man in Washington sees Dick Cheney check into an old folks' home, watches Bush and Gore debate via proxies, and meets good-looking Libertarians with full sets of teeth.
An Election-Eve Corruption Story
The scandal of U.S. Rep. James Moran is a civics lesson in abuse of power.
Attorney Privilege
Customers love one-stop shopping. So why are lawyers dead set against it for their own profession?
Married With Taxes
Everyone hates the marriage tax. But is the cure worse than the disease?
