Fighting War Funding

Activists are urging Congress to stop wasting so much money on what increasingly look like futile wars. New websites are springing up to oppose the latest “emergency” $33 billion supplemental budget that would bring the total tab so far on the wars in Iraq...

Academic Diversity on the Supreme Court

I don’t think President Obama should have nominated Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Don’t get me wrong; It’s not that I think she’s too conservative. That would be the granola/Birkenstock wing of the Democratic Party. And it’s certainly...

Adding Toxic Chemicals to a Toxic Oil Spill

Let’s say that you have a water well, and a leak from an underground tank at a nearby gasoline station has contaminated your water. Not to worry, says the station owner, for he can fix the problem by dumping a secret mixture of toxic chemicals into your well....