A Use for the NEA
Twelve cartoons of Muhammad published in a Danish magazine sent Muslim fundamentalists into a frenzy. It is blasphemous to make any drawing of Muhammad, even …
A Day in the Life
This January in Chicago, the thermometer climbed to almost 60 degrees. The sun was out, and we had a beautiful, premature spring day. It was …
None Aboard
One of the reasons I’ve heard for continuing the Amtrak subsidy is that passenger rail saves energy. Why does anyone think that running empty passenger …
Drug Wars
On Dec. 5, three Democratic representatives wrote a letter supporting the importation and domestic sale of drugs manufactured under “compulsory license.” Compulsory license is a …
Cell Bloc
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of several civil-rights organizations, claiming that a …
Christmas: American Style
Christmas is truly an American holiday. Santa Claus is based on European legends, but the man we recognize is based on Coca-Cola ads. Rudolph was …
Fly the Regulated Skies
California airports have been shut down on several occasions because their $1.7 million CTX scanners mistook things like a Mickey Mouse snow globe, a dummy …
Next Up, Synchronized Bong-Hitting
The second annual Olympic snowboarding competition got underway in Salt Lake City without the attendance of Nagano’s gold medalist, Canadian Ross Rebagliati. If you remember …
A Whiter Shade of Paleface
Players on the Native American University of Northern Colorado intramural basketball team have named themselves the Fightin’ Whities – to satirize the tradition of using …
Adopt a Killer
Columbia Law professors recently completed a study that concludes that more than seven out of ten death-penalty cases were reversed because of procedural errors. I’m …