Memo To South Carolina: Your Secession Is Nothing To Celebrate
150 years ago today a group of men gathered in Charleston, South Carolina and made one of the gravest mistakes in American history. They should not be honored for it.
Palin Disses First Lady’s Anti-Obesity Campaign
Is Sarah Palin really against child nutrition? Or just taking cheap shots at Michelle Obama?
Geno Auriemma and John Wooden
Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies should rightly be enormously proud of their accomplishments. But comparing them to John Wooden’s is embarrassing.
ROTC Returning to Ivies
The repeal of DADT may open the doors for ROTC to return to many elite institutions, if cost doesn’t get in the way.
A Living Argument in Favor of the DREAM Act
UCSD grad student Mark Farrales is a good example of why something like the DREAM Act has merit.
America’s Intellectual Crisis
The institutions charged with solving our Information Age social problems are stuck in the Industrial Age.
The Beginning Of The End Of Social Conservatism?
The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is a sign that the political ground is shifting. Will the GOP take notice?
Health Care Reform and Political Constraints
How likely are more sweeping health care reforms in the US? Not very likely at all.
Lame-Duck Congresses: Bug, Or Feature?
The 20th Amendment was supposed to eliminate lame duck sessions, but it didn’t.
Back to Health Care Reform: Government Takeovers and Free Markets
Did we have a free market in health care prior to the passage of PPACA? No.
Is Ivy League Education Worth the Cost?
Do graduates of elite colleges earn more because of where they went to school? Or because of the traits that got them selected?
TV and Internet Convergence
As the internet becomes more ingrained in our lives, it’s become a tool for parenting. And a break from it.
Feds Force Bank to Remove ‘Merry Christmas’ Sign
Fed examiners made a bank take down a “Merry Christmas, God With Us” sign. Then the “system” kicked in.
A Cuban Hospital Is No Place To Be Sick
Castro banned “Sicko” for fear that ordinary Cubans would be up in arms seeing facilities that are not available to the vast majority of them.
ObamaCare and the Lexicon of American Politics
Is “ObamaCare” a slur or a breezy and descriptive nickname?
ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate, And The Power Of Congress, Face A Test In Florida
The new health care law’s individual mandate was the subject of another bruising court battle yesterday, but the real question in the room was what, if any, are the limits on Congressional authority?
Mixologist, Bring Me a Beer
Sarah Deming has a longish column “Against Mixology,” decrying both the use of that title by barkeeps and, more importantly, the snootiness which often attends those who do.
Random Bag Searches Coming To D.C. Metro System
Washington D.C.’s 34 year-old Metro system is about to become the latest stage for Security Theater.
