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 …
Pat-Down to the People
On August 10, British police foiled a terrorist plot that apparently aimed to smuggle liquid explosives disguised as sports drinks onto aircraft and activate them …
Germany Invites The World
With an audience of three billion, the World Cup is the biggest spectacle on earth, a grand stage upon which 32 nations have a minimum …
Reefer Madness, Redux
Karl Marx, building on Hegel, noted that history repeats itself first as tragedy, and then as farce. Had he foreseen the War Against Pot, perhaps …
Syd Barrett, R.I.P.
Now that it is complete, the life of Roger “Syd” Barrett can stand as rebuttal to the punk- rock cliche that “it’s better to bum …
Don’t Cheer the Reaper
Scene: a rural hospital in the Congo. A man lies on a bed, vomiting, bleeding, dying. He is only the first: already three more with …
Outlook Not So Good
Inflation is rising. Real estate prices are falling. The Washington Times (March 14) reports that members of the business elite, “deeply concerned by what they …
Meanwhile, back at Minitrue
The Internet offers a wealth of information, much of it bogus. Thoroughly reliable resources, such as snopes.com, devoted to verifying or debunking urban legends, or …