Shots in the Dark
Who should decide which vaccinations children receive?
Features
Required Reading
Why is the Bureau of National Affairs Washington's biggest media organization? Because for more than 70 years, it's covered the government's every move.
Taking Back the Fifth
As government expands "takings" to intellectual property and other intangibles, will business start to care about property rights?
Conrol Freaks
Export licensing hurts American companies and doesn't improve national security.
Crime Stoppers
Frustrated by incompetent policing, South Africans are turning to private alternatives.
Radio Waves
The FCC may change the way it licenses stations. But even if it does nothing, radio will never be the same.
Starr Teachers
Think independent counsels use dirty tricks? Check out the Justice Department's regular prosecutors.
Liberation Biology
Scientist Lee M. Silver on cloning wars, bioethical battles, and new and improved genes
The "Hate State" Myth
In Wyoming, there are a few bigots who don't like gays. In the media, there are a lot more bigots who don't like Wyoming.
"The Body" Politic
Minnesota gov. Jesse Ventura slams Republicans, Democrats, and big government.
All Culture, All the Time
It's easier than ever to make and buy culture. No wonder some people are so upset.
Precautionary Tale
The latest environmentalist concept--the Precautionary Principle--seeks to stop innovation before it happens. Very bad idea.
Tale of Tears
When the Bureau of Indian Affairs occupied the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, it was an old story with a modern twist.
Sex & Sensibility
The first victim of the gender wars is common sense
The New Trustbusters
What's behind the resurgence of antitrust activism--and why it's bad news for consumers.
Fast-Track Impasse
U.S. trade polcy is dead in the water. Here's how to get it moving again.
Martian Chronicle
Mars may well be the next great frontier. But what kind of world should we make there?
Dilbert's Doctrines
Cartoonist Scott Adams on cubicles, capitalism, and the angst of the knowledge worker. Interviewed by Virginia Postrel.
The Good Soldier
Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain certainly is a man of honor. But is he a man of principle?
Dense Thinkers
"New Urbanism," the latest fad in urban planning, promises less traffic, better air, and lower taxes. Here's what it really delivers.
The Bonds of Life
Society depends on rules. But what sort of rules enliven our world--and what sort stifle it?
Darwin and Dickens
A new breed of literary crtitics is using evolution to explain literature--and to challenge intellectual orthodoxy.
Tax Reform Schools
If you think tax simplification is difficult in D.C., just try Albany, Annapolis, Atlanta, Austin...
A Little Piece of Heaven
Space-based commercial development will happen sooner than you think. How a system of extraterrestrial property rights might emerge.
Stars in Her Eyes
Astronomer Sallie Baliunas on sunspots, global warming, and the benefits of privately funded science
The Politics of Permanent Immigration
How pro-immigration forces triumphed--and why they're likely to keep doing so.
Pervasive Problem
The 1978 Supreme Court decision allowing censorship of dirty words on radio threatens free speech in cyberspace.
Buying Time
How real prices have declined over the years--and why we work less to purchase more.
The Politics of Plenitude
The marketplace multiplies cultural identities and creates true diversity. No wonder the right and the left are upset.
Groping Toward Sanity
Why the Clinton sex scandals are changing the way we talk about sexual harassment
