Lifestyle
Reflections on the here and now.
- The Upside of Voter ID Initiatives Ike Brannon 06/16/2011
- Cutting off the easy route to voter registration may prove to be a genuine boon for those on the fringes of society.
- Salvaging the American Dream Michael Auslin 06/14/2011
- Here at the end of a major phase in American history, our nation’s aim must now be to reinvigorate our suburban communities in both the social and economic sense.
- Steal This F&$#ing Book! Michael M. Rosen 06/06/2011
- A surprise best seller raises interesting questions about intellectual property in the digital age.
- The End of the Book? John Steele Gordon 05/21/2011
- The book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Johannes Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s.
- A Car Subsidy That Makes Sense Gary Jason 05/18/2011
- Electric cars have many faults. Converting cars to run on compressed natural gas would do justice to both physical and geopolitical reality.
- It’s Mother’s Day; Be Selfish Nick Schulz 05/08/2011
- A scholar argues that social science says you should have more kids; and that ‘tiger mom’ Amy Chua needs to relax.
- Drugs: The Price Is Right Gabriel Sudduth 04/14/2011
- AARP continues to mislead the public about the true trend and nature of pharmaceutical prices by maintaining a narrow view of the market.
- A Punching Bag No More Kenneth P. Green 03/26/2011
- The traditional, thin plastic bag, though increasingly demonized and taxed, has better environmental performance and is likely to be considerably safer for human health than alternatives.
- Our Real Food Problem Blake Hurst 01/22/2011
- We don’t have a food system problem, but a problem of self-control. We can’t solve that with quinoa or locally grown, free-range chicken.
- Would You Fly Liberty Air? Jason Richwine 01/08/2011
- A thought experiment highlights the need for balancing freedom and risk.