Selected Skirmishes: Taming of the Shrill
Missing Nixon
Politics
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
Washington: REGO No Go
The Clinton administration sacrificed "reinventing government" to block deficit reduction.
Politics: Animal Farm, Circa 1994
Stakeholder representation means some interests are more special than others.
Health Care: Insurance Salesman
Big, bad insurance companies aren't blocking ClintonCare. They're helping it along.
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.
Defense: Recovering from a Tailspin
Criticism of the Navy's "male culture" masks the facts of Tailhook and complex issues about integrating women into the military.
Regulation: Kessler's Log, Supplemental
FDA chief David Kessler says he doesn't want to restrict access to dietary supplements, but the FDA's proposed regulations say otherwise.
Environment: Species Argument
Counting species may become the pretext for another federal land grab.
Insurance Salesmen
Big, bad insurance companies aren't blocking ClintonCare. They're helping it along.
Healthy Disagreement
The struggle to offer a politically palatable alternative to Hillarycare
