The NBA playoffs, which involved 16 teams playing a total of 89 games, have ended. So have the NHL playoffs, which involved another 16 teams and another 83 games. World Cup games end by 5 p.m. every day. NFL games won't be on television for another two months. I can only hope that this sudden [...]
We are allowing a mine-shaft gap. It sounds like something from a science fiction film — a doomsday vault carved into a frozen mountainside on a secluded Arctic island ready to serve as a Noah’s Ark for seeds in case of a global catastrophe. But Norway’s ambitious project is on its way to becoming reality. [...]
The best way to defend the symbol of American liberties is not to take away one of them. Proponents of a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning are either woefully ignorant or shamefully disdainful of the principle of free speech. Burning a flag is the clearest form of political protest, and the democratic government of [...]
With the games getting underway today, here are my loyalties: USA. I live here, and my worldly instincts tell me it isn't gauche to cheer for the Americans when they aren't favored. England. I'm one of those people, and Nick Hornby made me a soccer fan. Germany. I, uh, studied German in high school, and [...]
At the often-unintentionally-hilarious Club for Growth blog, Andrew Roth links to this, which he calls "a very interesting theory" about the effect of the estate tax: Once we lived in an America with a bewildering array of corner lunch counters, interesting bookstores, individualistic neighborhood clothiers, tailors, dressmakers, appliance shops each with its own unique spin [...]