Science
Reality Principles: An Interview with John R. Searle
Eminent philosopher John R. Searle defends free speech, free inquiry, and the Enlightenment.
Crop Busters
Self-righteous vandals lead a desperate, ill-informed campaign against genetically modified foods.
Petri Dish Politics
Biotechnology will make it possible for us to live longer and better. So why are some people dead set against it?
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Does Children's TV Have to Be Edifying?
All praise Bill Nye, the Science Guy! A pox upon the Power Rangers!
Capital Letters: Sermons on the Hill
In which our man in Washington checks out various political preachers
Liberation Biology
Scientist Lee M. Silver on cloning wars, bioethical battles, and new and improved genes
Precautionary Tale
The latest environmentalist concept--the Precautionary Principle--seeks to stop innovation before it happens. Very bad idea.
Capital Letters: Road Trip
In which our man in Washington lights out for the territories to explore culture and find the people behind the polls
Martian Chronicle
Mars may well be the next great frontier. But what kind of world should we make there?
Reasonable Doubts: Dark Bedfellows
Postmoderns and traditionalists unite against the Enlightenment
The Bonds of Life
Society depends on rules. But what sort of rules enliven our world--and what sort stifle it?
Selected Skirmishes: Hope Springs Paternal
What medical reporters think inquiring minds don't need to know
Captital Letters: Theaters of Operation
In which our man in Washington encounters show business, Beltway-style, rides uncomfortably into the sunset, and observes "the work of the American people."
Darwin and Dickens
A new breed of literary crtitics is using evolution to explain literature--and to challenge intellectual orthodoxy.
Stars in Her Eyes
Astronomer Sallie Baliunas on sunspots, global warming, and the benefits of privately funded science
