Your Papers, Please
The legislature in South Carolina has passed a “Subversive Activities Registration Act,” the upshot of which is that any “member of a subversive organization . …
Skirting the Surveillance State
Despite the iconic status of the double-decker bus, the black cab, and the tube, London is a city best seen on foot. The speed of …
Tittle Tattle
Once again it’s almost that magical time of year – that’s right, time for the convention catalog of the Modern Language Association to thud into …
Disease Vector
Though swine flu has yet to much harm in the United States, it is not only Mexico and parts south that are suffering. The virus …
Kick the Ball, Charlie Brown…
One of the running jokes in the much-missed television sitcom “Arrested Development” involves the characters, in their extremely rare moments of self-reflection, pondering the choices …
Bandwagoning
Sometimes I wonder about the mentality of those who choose politics as their career. What childhood trauma, what formative experience of powerlessness led them to …
Back to Work
A loathsome story out of Greenburgh, N.Y., where the property taxes have risen so high that elderly widows on fixed incomes can no longer afford …
Our Statist Pastime
After many months of background maneuvering, the federal government has finally indicted baseball player Barry Bonds. Not for steroid use or for injecting himself with …
We Suck Young Blood
One of the terrors of writing on the depredations of government is that of seeing one’s metaphors become flesh. When Lysander Spooner .wrote of the …
This is CBS?
On Sept. 5, 2006, a milestone in history was reached: a TV network allowed a brave, trailblazing woman to present the evening news all by …