Michael McMenamin is a contributing editor at Reason. He works as a lawyer in Cleveland.
The Madness of Patrick Fitzgerald
Sifting through the nonsense that is the Scooter Libby trial
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Teddy Roosevelt's Hidden Legacy
How an "imperialist" president's record makes the case for military restraint.
Truth, Terror and David Trimble
Is the Nobel Peace Prize winner complicit in murder? What the Brits can teach Americans about libel law.
Bill & Ted's Irish Misadventure
The Clinton administration's meddling has put Ireland on the road to becoming another Bosnia. But it's not too late to change.
All the President's Fault
The only way Hillary Clinton can avoid lawsuits over Travelgate is to blame her husband.
The Law: Defending the President
A non-Nixonian strategy for avoiding that messy sexual harassment trial
Picking on Scabs
Jack London on the virtues of low productivity
What Should the President Read?
It's the day after the presidential election. The winning candidate asks you to recommend three books to read before inauguration. Only one may be more than 10 years old. What do you suggest-and why?
Trade War
Dick "The Retaliator" Gephardt vs. "Sir" Winston Churchill in a 10-round battle to the death over protectionism.
Cleaning Up the Teamsters
A government takeover may be the only way to get the mobsters out of the world's largest union
Witchhunt
Insider trading is the media's favorite white-collar crime. Is it the evil side of yuppie ambition, or is it an SEC-created offense with no victims and no rules?
1968–1988–2008: The '80s Will Be Remembered…
For Classic Coke and condoms, gold coins and Maggie Thatcher, tax cuts and AIDS…A look backward and forward by a host of REASON friends.
Publish—or Else
A new twist on subverting the First Amendment
Subverting the First Amendment
You thought the press was controlled only in banana republics? Guess again. Mr. Jefferson, meet the SEC.
How Sunkist Put the Squeeze on the FTC
When oranges were dumped by the truckload in California last spring, accusing fingers were pointed at Sunkist, monopolist of the western citrus market. How does Sunkist maintain its monopoly? Public records and personal interviews tell the story.
A Few Kind Words for Warren G. Harding
Forget what you read in your history books about the twenty-ninth president of the United States.
Populism for Power
Cleveland's Dennis Kucinich is supposed to be a "new Urban populist"—but he's really after power to Kucinich, not "power to the people."
Anticommunist? Yes. Cold Warrior? No.
Look again at the foreign policy of Robert A. Taft, and you'll find a deep respect for American liberties.
The Curious Politics of Deregulation
A few words in praise of Edward Kennedy
