Criminal penalties are not prices. Occasionally the idea surfaces that the schedule of penalties for felonies and misdemeanors is a price list. By implication, people …
How many people who believe that Andrea Yates killed her children because she is insane would stop believing it if they learned, say, that she …
Back in a different era – one that seems touchingly innocent now – people used to argue, sometimes almost sincerely, about whether the First Amendment …
ABC’s attempt to replace its late-night “news” show Nightline with David Letterman’s comedy show pleased me enormously in every possible way. First, it demonstrated how …
Each year, the Super Bowl features some of the most interesting (and expensive) advertising on television. This year, however, viewers were subjected to numerous annoying …
The John Locke Foundation reports that North Carolina is using some of its tobacco lawsuit money to subsidize a tobacco processing facility in Nash County. …
Contrary to what you hear from just about every politician and every pundit, the Enron collapse suggests that less regulation might make future disasters of …
At the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, the Olympic flag was carried in by people representing the “five” continents of the world and the …
One of the most severe restrictions of political speech since the Sedition Act has passed the House of Representatives and is now on its way …
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Republican-dominated House has passed “two-strikes” legislation requiring a life sentence for anyone convicted of two federal child sex-abuse …