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Science & Technology

Twin Room

Cloning does not mean creating disposable people and harvesting their organs.

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Enron So Far

Scandal-mongers will want to keep an eye on four central issues.

Mike Lynch | 1.17.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Still Wrong After All These Years

Worldwatch misdiagnoses the planet again.

Ronald Bailey | 1.16.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Next Stop in the War Against Terrorism: Damascus

Jonathan Rauch | 1.12.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Dollar Delirium

Uh-oh. The federal government might soon be only a trillion bucks in the black.

Sam MacDonald | 1.11.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Just Say No

In drug searches on the bus, is "consent" copspeak for "coercion"?

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2002 12:00 AM

Culture

Poor Man's Learning

A wealthy foundation discovers college costs money.

Mike Lynch | 1.10.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Gaming for Dollars

The new education bill is long on money but short on reform.

Lisa Snell | 1.9.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Timid Bureaucrats Kill People

The FDA is past its expiration date in a world of gene therapies.

Ronald Bailey | 1.9.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Kick in the Crystal Balls

These days, even pundits won't make predictions.

Sam MacDonald | 1.7.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Too Many Guns?

Restricting the supply of firearms could cost lives rather than save them.

Jacob Sullum | 1.4.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Good Enough for Government Work

Federalizing the bottom of the barrel.

James Morrow | 1.3.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Boondoggle.gov

A report on the federalized skies.

Mike Lynch | 1.3.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Seized by Failure

More confiscations doesn't mean the drug warriors are winning

Joel Miller | 1.2.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Booze Barriers

Should we also regulate ads for cars, Viagra, and life insurance?

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Listless

What are this year's "Top Stories" lists measuring?

Sam MacDonald | 12.28.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Enron's 401(k) Calamity

Enron's retirement meltdown is tragic. We don't yet know if it's criminal.

Mike Lynch | 12.27.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Lighten Up, America!

Do fat people belong in public parks?

Jacob Sullum | 12.25.2001 12:00 AM

Culture

Gulf War Syndrome, Round 38

Don't believe the latest hype.

Michael Fumento | 12.24.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Walking the Walk

The hawkish old-timer's guide to kicking some terrorist ass.

Sam MacDonald | 12.21.2001 12:00 AM

Culture

Really Strange Bedfellows II

A final word (for now) on libertarians vs. conservatives

Nick Gillespie | 12.20.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Gas Pains

Enron's failure shows a market success

Mike Lynch | 12.20.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Fatwa on Fat

The Surgeon General snoops into private health, again.

Brian Doherty | 12.19.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Killing a Painkiller

The OxyContin hysteria inflicts pain.

Jacob Sullum | 12.18.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Goo-Goo Dolls

The media's post-9/11 wishes for a safer, more regulated world

James Morrow | 12.17.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Therapeutic Cloning: Why Congress Should Butt Out

Jonathan Rauch | 12.15.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Really Strange Bedfellows

My roll in the hay with John Walker

Nick Gillespie | 12.14.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Pandora's Lock Box

The battle over Social Security's 2 percent solution.

Sam MacDonald | 12.14.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

One Toke Over the Line

The feds vs. medical marijuana

Sara Rimensnyder | 12.14.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Khaki Socialism

Will advocates of big government win the rhetorical war?

John Pitney | 12.13.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Uncertified Learning

An ed-school prof says America's teachers need less formal training

Mike Lynch | 12.13.2001 12:00 AM

Science & Technology

Right-Wing Biological Dread

The Subhumans are coming! The Subhumans are coming!

Ronald Bailey | 12.12.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Across the Pond Scum

The UK and the EU make John Ashcroft look like a civil libertarian

James Morrow | 12.11.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Trial and Error

The government seems to be making up the rules on military tribunals as it goes along.

Jacob Sullum | 12.11.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Maple Leaf Blows South

War could make 51st state official.

Jeremy Lott | 12.10.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Death Wish

How rebels punch their own ticket.

Brian Doherty | 12.7.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Trade Promotion Theater

TPA was DOA until some last-minute political performances pushed it through.

Sam MacDonald | 12.7.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

A Scooter?

The Segway won't be getting us out of our cars.

Brian Doherty | 12.6.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Cold Steel

The U.S. steel industry needs massive failure, not another bailout

Mike Lynch | 12.6.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Suicide Blunderers

Terrorists kill selves, blame Jews.

Jeremy Lott | 12.5.2001 12:00 AM

Policy

Don't Impede Medical Progress

Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees.

Virginia Postrel | 12.5.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

"Impurifying our precious bodily fluids"

Fear of fluoridation takes a left turn

Ronald Bailey | 12.5.2001 12:00 AM

Culture

Slippery Standards

The attempt to make the Web child-safe is unfair and doomed to fail

Jacob Sullum | 12.4.2001 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Blacks Against Racial Preferences

An unexpected--and unacknowledged--turn in public opinion.

Shikha Dalmia and Henry Payne | 12.3.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

Walking the Walk

The hawkish old-timer's guide to kicking some terrorist ass.

Sam MacDonald | 12.1.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

How Radical Islamists Will Take Over the World. Not.

Jonathan Rauch | 12.1.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

I.D.-latry

America's passion for identification cards belies serious insecurities.

James Morrow | 11.30.2001 12:00 AM

Politics

What's Bill Bennett Smoking?

The former drug czar's latest tirade defies reality.

Mike Lynch | 11.30.2001 12:00 AM