Pre-Crime Policing
A SWAT team brings in a man and seizes his legally purchased guns-for a crime no one committed
Columns
The Wrong Kind of Toyotathon
The unintended consequences of an unintended acceleration panic.
How Many More Are Innocent?
America's 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.
The Rise of Decline
Experts say things are collapsing. Maybe they're not collapsing fast enough.
From Paris Hilton to John Edwards
Celebrity sex tapes are the signature art form of our age.
Obama's Education Spending Frenzy
After the administration's first year, it's status quo 20, reform 1.
Who's Your Daddy? Or Your Other Daddy? Or Your Mommy?
Why reproductive contracts should trump genetic ties
Overpaying for Green Power
Americans adopt personal subsidies just as Europeans are abandoning them.
The Death of Fiscal Federalism
It's been a long time since economic policy was forged in the states.
Clemency Under Fire
A parolee turned cop killer sparks an ill-informed debate about pardons and commutations.
Wake Me Up When Men Get Pregnant
Biological transhumanism starts the 21st century on the wrong foot.
Promises Worth Breaking
Obama's health insurance tax didn't go far enough.
The D.C. Snow Job
Social networks, video sharing, and blogs expose police lying.
Congress' Phony Price Tags
Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.
Who Decides if Breast Tests Are Best?
Patients, not bureaucrats, should make choices about mammograms.
Who Wants to Tax a Millionaire?
The "millionaire's tax" will affect more people than you think.
The Criminalization of Protest
Police and politicians ignore the First Amendment when we need it the most.
Medical Marijuana Muddle
Obama's new policy sounds good, but it may not make much difference
Canned Laughter Lives!
The ghost of the laugh track survives online.
The Folly of Unilateral Disarmament
At Fort Hood "more guns" were "the solution to gun violence."
Does Better Health Care Mean Higher Costs?
Medical innovation boosts life expectancy, not spending
Is Government Action Worse Than Global Warming?
Why policy nihilism may be the only rational response to climate change
The Consumer Is Not the Customer
Both parties promise to preserve one of the central problems of the health care system
How to Get Ahead in Law
Bernard Baran served 22 years on dubious child molestation charges, but the prosecutor who convicted him was promoted to judge.
Where's That Inflation?
The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?
Glenn Beck's Experimental Melodrama
The Fox News star terrifies America with his realistic news theater.
The Debtorship Society
More Americans became "homeowners" while owning less and less of their homes.
Sarah Palin, Maverick at Last
Mama Grizzly becomes the first real politician of the Internet era.
The Shifting Frontiers of Animal Rights
Activists yawn as animals lurch toward a hybrid future.
