Selected Skirmishes: Taming of the Shrill
Missing Nixon
Policy
Washington: Parking Costs
Government ownership reduces every land-use decision to a power play.
Smoking: Put That in Your Pipe
As an act of rebellion against political correctness, pipe smoking is hard to beat.
Scandal Time
History suggests the White House scandals won't help Republicans as much as they expect.
Washington: Competing Visions
The National Competitiveness Act would make Uncle Sam a venture capitalist.
Mind Alteration: An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
Drug-policy scholar Ethan Nadelmann on turning people against drug prohibition
What Causes AIDS?
Scientists have serious doubts about the official theory linking HIV and AIDS.
Washington: REGO No Go
The Clinton administration sacrificed "reinventing government" to block deficit reduction.
Education: Lobbying School
Mandatory community-service programs are turning schoolchildren into lobbyists.
Education: Touch and Stop
There's little evidence that classroom programs help prevent sexual abuse.
Politics: Animal Farm, Circa 1994
Stakeholder representation means some interests are more special than others.
Russia: Statist Quo
In Russia, the pace of reform will slow even more-and the reformers are largely to blame.
Regulation: A Reasonable Woman
An open letter about how to stay on the right side of sexual-harassment law
Washington: Nyah, Nyah, So There
The Democrats are trying to dismiss critics of Clinton's health-care plan with a few sharp words and a wave of the hand.
Education: Righting the 'Rithmetic
Credible statistics are essential but hard to come by in debates over education policy.
Movies: Child's Play, Too
In the '90s, Hollywood won't make movies for the whole family but will do more children's films.
