As seen on the Boar’s Head Tavern blog.

The thing I like about this headline is the presumption about who, exactly, is responsible for making laws in this country. Now the propriety of those laws is a different matter . . .

Victor Davis Hanson dissects Barack Obama’s speech in Germany in a splendid piece. I will offer a brief bit here, but you would be better off reading the whole thing. With all due respect, I also don’t believe the world did anything to save Berlin, just as it did nothing to save the Rwandans...

Anonymous asks about the Scopes trial and how we should talk about evolution in the classroom. I’m not going to talk about whether the Scopes trial was just in this answer, but I will answer for myself on the later half of the question. And my answer is quite simple: in my hypothetical child’s...

“U.S. Expands Visa Program for Iraqis” Long overdue and still not enough. Another example of the Bush Administration laying off the crazy juice?

I’ve been a fan of The X-files since the first season. During my college years, watching Mulder and Scully chase freaks and aliens was a Sunday-night ritual. For six years, I’ve been anticipating the next X-files movie–all the moreso because the television finale failed to resolve...

The budget deficit is projected to hit a record $482 billion…not counting about $80 billion in additional war costs. For comparison purposes here is a graph illustrating the deficit as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product.

I ordered a book from Amazon yesterday morning. A few hours later I’m sitting at my computer and there is a knock at the door. I open the door and this girl is standing there and she says “Are you Alex Tabarrok?” I say yes and she hands me the book. My jaw just about hits the floor....

Frequent interlocutor philosopher asks, “what will — or should — the coalition look like on the American political right, to replace/displace the one that is in the process of completely melting down?” How timely, as the New York Times just ran an article name-checking a bunch...

Relevant Magazine interviews 26-year old Daren Wendell from Indianapolis, who is walking around the world. He started 140 days ago and estimates the trip will take him seven years. If he makes it, Daren will be just the fourth person to do it, and the youngest. Daren must have a thing for difficult...