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Date	Title	Abstract
November 12, 2024	The End of Liberalism	America's 2024 election was the nail in the coffin for the 30-year-old Washington Consensus.
October 29, 2024	What's Love Got to Do With It?	Cuban-Americans were the first minority group to fall under Trump's spell. Vietnamese-Americans may not be far behind.
October 15, 2024	In Defense of Colonialism	Yes, abuse was rife during the colonial era. But justice must be sought for today and tomorrow -- not for centuries past.
October 1, 2024	May Dumb Luck Prevail	The future of American democracy is on the line in the November election. A contest that should not be even close remains frighteningly so.
September 17, 2024	Innovation or Folly?	Billionaire playboys are taking their joyrides to outer space. Wasteful or not, the world might still benefit.
September 3, 2024	No Going Back	Interest rates may be going down, but don't expect them to return to the easy money of the last 15 years.
August 20, 2024	Deal With the Devil	Making peace between Russia and Ukraine is impossible. Ending the fighting may not be.
August 6, 2024	Turn for the Worse	Failing regimes in Cuba and Venezuela lead the world in creating refugees. Is Communist China poised to join them?
July 23, 2024	Centurions at the Gate	The proliferation of exclusive airport clubs is driving worsening service for all.
July 9, 2024	Political Roadblocks	A crackdown on migrants in Panama is more about politics than practicalities.
June 25, 2024	Unfinished Business	The campaign against Julian Assange has come to an end, but the intelligence abuses that triggered the case continue.
June 11, 2024	A Frano-American Surrender	The rise of populism in France and the United States threatens to break the back of the anti-Russian alliance.
May 28, 2024	Dirty Business and Dirty Lies	Pretending to recycle plastic allows the industry to trash the planet while promising to save it.
May 14, 2024	Dictators and Day Traders	Outsourced manufacturing temporarily shielded an entire generation from the pain of inflation. It's time to face reality.
April 30, 2024	Atomic Africa	Nuclear power has stalled in America and much of the developed world. Africa may offer a new path forward.
April 16, 2024	Friends Defended, Friends Abandoned	America's active protection of Israel stands in stark contrast to its abandonment of Ukraine.
April 2, 2024	Rio's Lonely Nomads	Lisbon has enjoyed runaway success attracting digital nomads. Why not Rio?
March 19, 2024	Summer of the Mosquito	South America's summer has featured huge swarms of mosquitoes and related diseases. As summer approaches in the USA, southern residents may soon get a taste of these troubles.
March 5, 2024	The Medialuna Index	The Argentine Peso has stabilized against the dollar yet consumer prices continue to soar. Taming this inflation will be a key test of the new regime.
February 20, 2024	Bizarro Economics	Argentina's once great economy has morphed into a strange inward-looking enclave at the southern end of the world.
February 6, 2024	Bombast and Bombillas	Argentina's new libertarian president has had a strong start. He'll need the support of his yerba mate-swigging countrymen for long-term success.
January 23, 2024	Democracy's Hairy Edge	American democracy will be lucky to survive 2024. Without change, it is ultimately doomed.
January 9, 2024	Commitment to a Solution	American cities are falling into lawlessness. Reviving mental hospitals may help reverse the trend.
December 26, 2023	A 2024 Year in Review -- From 2023	The year 2024 looms large as a crossroads toward an unknown future.
December 12, 2023	Distant Casualties	Fighting in Gaza is creating even more casualties thousands of miles away in Ukraine.
November 21, 2023	Lessons of the Revolutionaries	Mexico' single presidential term helps protect democracy from populists. Today's America enjoys no such protection.
November 7, 2023	Not Over Yet	A raging opioid epidemic may spread to Europe and unleash a violent backlash on Mexico.
October 17, 2023	A Turning Tide	The century-long dominance of the downtown office building has come to an end. Residential development is the wave of the future.
October 3, 2023	Unfrozen Conflicts	The collapse of the Armenian regime in Nagorno-Karabakh does not bode well for the Russian outpost in Transnistria.
September 19, 2023	The Tyranny of the Farmer	The Great Salt Lake is shrinking again after a year of record rainfall. This won't end well.
September 5, 2023	Striking a Nerve	Frustratingly slow progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive is causing allies' tempers to flare.
August 22, 2023	Who is Javier Milei?	Argentina's bombastic presidential candidate vows to tear down a rotten system. What else will he take down with it?
August 8, 2023	The Menacing Giant	A new semiconductor plant in Phoenix serves as an insurance policy against Chinese aggression.
July 25, 2023	Conscripts and Carnies	America's summer resorts have long relied on Russia's youth for seasonal work. The war in Ukraine has interrupted this system just when it is needed the most.
July 11, 2023	Doomed to Decline	Teamsters' demands for more money from UPS is just an opening battle for the spoils of a declining business.
June 27, 2023	Ambitious Underlings	Another coup attempt in Russia has failed. How long will it be before the next one?
June 13, 2023	Flash in the Pan	Threats of war with Russia and China won't last forever. The West must tread carefully until they fade away.
May 30, 2023	Trench Warfare Rebooted	The dominance of defensive weaponry and frozen front lines in Ukraine are making modern warfare look similar to a century ago.
May 16, 2023	Tarnished Record	Democracy can't survive when the prospect of presidential retirement means jail, exile and death.
May 2, 2023	Brazenly Criminal	America's urban retailers are suffering from a surge in crime. Politicians who fail to confront this challenge face ouster by angry voters.
April 18, 2023	A Tale of Two Bridges	The design of bridges in St. Louis and Porto hint at the subsequent economic paths of the United States and Portugal.
March 21, 2023	Abundance and Scarcity	Seville's overabundance of oranges offers dangers and opportunities alike.
March 7, 2023	Standard of Abuse	Public anger over airline industry practices in the United States have made consumer abuse a national issue.
February 21, 2023	Worrying Trends	People who worry about an American debt default should focus not on Congress, but on high interest rates and even higher inflation.
February 7, 2023	Time to Back Off	Deteriorating relations between China and America make war look likely. If history is any comfort, it will more likely be a cold war than a hot one.
January 24, 2023	Fearless Neighbors	A new willingness to send powerful weapons to Ukraine proves that Europe's fear of Russia is nearing an end.
January 10, 2023	The Specter of Venezuela	Populists across the Americas are losing their faith in democracy. Their alternative future has ruinous ends.
December 27, 2022	Inevitable Destruction	Miami has been dodging the bullet of a major hurricane for 96 years. Its luck can't last forever.
December 13, 2022	Here to Stay	Mass migration of Cubans to South Florida is permanently altering the state and U.S. immigration policy.
November 29, 2022	Round Two for Democracy	Authoritarian movements around the world are facing strong resistance from those who support democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
November 15 2022	Swampland in Florida	Miami's mayor shilled for doomed crypto ventures. Their inevitable collapse brings embarrassment to a what should be a world-class city.
November 1, 2022	Wasted Talent and Nefarious Deeds	Iran's transition from a minor importer of cheap Soviet weapons to a major arms exporter to Russia itself adds yet another reason its regime needs to fall.
October 18, 2022	Sinking Prospects	Florida's latest real-estate boom is nearing its end. When the market drops, expect state politicians to stumble along with it.
October 4, 2022	Golden Opportunity	Russia's debacle in Ukraine is weakening its influence across the former Soviet empire.
September 20, 2022	The Harder They Come	Russian propagandists have built an image of invincibility around Putin. That image has been shattered by reality.
September 6, 2022	Finding a Way Around	Migrants from all over the world use Tijuana as a gateway to life in the United States.
August 23, 2022	Cuba’s White Flight	A giant wave of migrants from Cuba promises to again remake Florida and perhaps America itself.
August 9, 2022	Nefarious Windfall	As Western leaders struggle to reign in carbon emissions, despotic petroleum producers are enjoying near record profits.
July 26, 2022	Existential Threat	The rise of the home office means bad news for the future of urban rail.
July 12, 2022	Frozen in Time	Those pondering Ukraine’s future should look to its southern neighbor that has been there before.
June 28, 2022	The Bridge to Odessa	Putin's dream of a New Russia stretching from Crimea to the port of Odessa shows little hope of coming true.
June 14, 2022	Enabler in Chief	The inflation-fighting mission of the Federal Reserve is being undermined by its support for federal debt financing.
May 31, 2022	Lessons from the Front	The utter failure of Russia to subjugate Ukraine provides sobering news for China's ambitions toward Taiwan.
May 17, 2022	Abhorrent Liability	Finland and Sweden are about to become NATO's cleanest members. Too bad that requires an ugly payoff to its dirtiest.
May 3, 2022	Besoiled by Hubris	The wickedness of mortals is defiling the beauty of Miami Beach.
April 19, 2022	He Didn't Start the Fire	Past American presidents have been fueling price inflation for 20 years. Our current president gets to suffer the consequences.
April 5, 2022	Shattered Contract	The war in Ukraine has shaken up the status quo in Russia. Attitudes are bound to change no matter what happens to the man in charge.
March 22, 2022	Sea Change	Europe is making dramatic changes in the response to Russian aggression that will be with us for decades to come.
March 8, 2022	Ukraine's Grim Fate	Russia's war on Ukraine won't be over any time soon. The world must prepare itself for years of human tragedy.
February 22, 2022	Exhibition of Disaster	The City of Miami Beach is doomed by the rising seas. Wealthy residents are spending hundreds of millions to put off the inevitable.
February 8, 2022	Taking Over the World	The ARM processor dominates the mobile phone market, and looks posed to take over desktop computing as well.
January 25, 2022	Double Nightmare	The feared invasion of Ukraine may lead to a similar assault on Taiwan by the Chinese communists.
January 11, 2022	Russia's Backyard	The failed revolt in Kazakhstan allows Russia to reassert control over its sprawling neighbor.
December 21, 2021	Putin's Disaster	An invasion of Ukraine will be almost as much of a disaster for Russia as it will be for Ukraine itself.
December 7, 2021	You're Just Not That Interesting	Fears of spying over mobile phone cameras are overblown. Far bigger privacy risks lurk elsewhere.
November 23, 2021	Democracy vs. the Dumb	The rejection of knowledge by the masses is sending democracy on a fatal trajectory.
November 9, 2021	Spectacular Mistake	A failed invasion of Tigray may soon bring Ethiopia's government and its flagging democracy to a dramatic end.
October 26, 2021	Breathtaking Determination	Migrants are willing to endure great hardships to achieve a better life. They are exactly the kind of people America needs.
October 5, 2021	Dangerous Game	The tiny island of Pratas may prove an irresistible target for Chinese bullying. It might also spark a major war.
September 21, 2021	Quickly Squelched	A collapse in Chinese financial markets can be easily stopped by centralized power. A collapse in growth cannot be.
September 7, 2021	Utopia of Diversity	People who talk a lot about about diversity are rarely found in the places where it actually exists.
August 24, 2021	The Next Grenada	America's adversaries need a quick lesson in American power and its will to use it.
August 10, 2021	Brutal Solution	Americans who refused vaccines are now facing Mother Nature's wrath. The benefits of herd immunity may soon be upon us.
July 27, 2021	The Anti-Democratic Tempest	Rising populism and China's malevolent influence have created headwinds threatening democracy around the world.
July 13, 2021	Beware the Evil Pentalobe	The tech industry has boosted profits and abused consumers by designing products to prevent repair. Those days may be coming to an end.
June 29, 2021	Eroded Foundations	Florida's waterfront towers are at as much risk from a loss of faith as they are from rising tides.
June 15, 2021	Medieval Borders	A new bridge linking southern Croatia with the mainland bypasses a 300-year-old strategic corridor.
June 1, 2021	State of Paralysis	Netanyahu's long rule of Israel may finally be at an end. His key policies won't be changing any time soon.
May 18, 2021	Global Retrenchment	China and the West are drifting apart after three decades of integration. A peaceful transition is critical for all.
May 4, 2021	The Great Divergence	Bosses who delight in office life are forcing workers to come back with them. Those who resist will find plenty of opportunities elsewhere.
April 20, 2021	The Carrot and the Stick	Now is the time to pressure vaccine-hesitant Americans to change their minds. An appeal to selfish interests can go a long way toward serving the common good.
April 6, 2021	Dirty Business	The discovery of natural gas off the north coast of Mozambique has done nothing to lessen the region's misery.
March 23, 2021	Doomed to Repeat It	Efforts to grant statehood to Washington DC betray the lessons of the history that brought the territory into existence.
March 9, 2021	Pointless Annoyance	The gasoline-powered leaf blower faces banishment from a growing number of communities. The day they go can't come soon enough.
February 23, 2021	Nerds on the Beach	Silicon Valley moguls are jumping ship for Miami. Don't expect their underlings to follow.
February 9, 2021	The Perils of Vaccine Nationalism	A vaccine failure in South Africa shows how leaving the continent unvaccinated will exacerbate the pandemic for the rest of us.
January 26, 2021	Ye Olde Spaceport	Cape Canaveral's aging infrastructure has long lost its romance. Yet the now gritty spaceport manages to get the job done.
January 12, 2021	Shattered Trust	Police participation in the attack on the Capitol shows that forces must be rebuilt from the ground up.
December 29, 2020	Bitter to the End	Eritrea is helping Ethiopia put down a rebellion in Tigray. That help may wind up tearing the country apart.
December 15, 2020	Expensive but Worthless	The enormous vessels built by the cruise industry are now idled and worthless. The industry's best days are gone.
December 1, 2020	Razor's Edge	America's democracy remains under threat from nearly half of the electorate willing to throw it all away.
November 16, 2020	Life goes On	Pandemic or not, many Americans are living normal lives to the extent that authorities allow them.
November 2, 2020	Paradise Lost	Rising sea levels combined with defensive sea walls mean urban beachfronts will be gone by the end of the century.
October 20, 2020	The Freelance General	The Mexican Army's collaboration with drug cartels risks a return to the territorial wars of a century ago.
October 6, 2020	Defiant Superspreaders	The effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic has failed. People must learn to live with unending community spread.
September 22, 2020	The Perils of Wishful Thinking	Travel industry executives are making rosy predictions to keep hope alive. Investors would be fools to believe them.
September 8, 2020	A Gentle Conquest	Putin's quiet backing of the Belarusian dictator gives Moscow a chance to take control without risking a Ukrainian-like disaster.
August 25, 2020	Youth Firewall	The rapid spread of coronavirus amongst young Americans may cause them to reach herd immunity before everyone else. Once this happens, they'll stop giving the disease to the rest of us.
August 11, 2020	Open Defiance	America's police are refusing to enforce laws to stem the pandemic. Municipal budgets should be redirected to those who will.
July 28, 2020	Brought to its Knees	The cruise industry will never return to the way things were. For weary ports of call, that's certainly a good thing.
July 14, 2020	Cherished Friends	Mexico's president has given in to Trump at every turn, yet still has managed to get precious little done at home.
June 30, 2020	Sunk by the Flunkies	Self-control and social pressure won't be enough to keep America's pandemic at bay.
June 23, 2020	The Great Distraction	Bad actors on the world stage are using the global pandemic as cover to get away with even more evil deeds than usual.
June 9, 2020	Beyond Reform	Countries around the world have disbanded incorrigible police forces. It's time for cities across America to do the same.
May 26, 2020	A Tragic Loss	Today's battle for freedom in Hong Kong cannot be won. Activists must live to fight another day.
May 12, 2020	The Rise of the Do-Gooder	The global pandemic has provided the ultimate fodder for those who know what's best.
April 28, 2020	When Scientists Lie	Public health agencies in Washington and Geneva are misleading the public for the greater good.
April 14, 2020	They're Watching You	The global pandemic has inspired a new generation of systems that watch where people are going and who they are meeting. To date, they are proving more annoying than fearsome.
March 31, 2020	Tyranny of the Automobile	Explosive growth in motor vehicle traffic destroyed century-old plans for recreational parkways around the National Mall.
March 17, 2020	Escaping the Panicdemic	Brazil provides an example of how to sanely and responsibly deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
February 18, 2020	Behind the Razor Wire	Rising inequality risks trading the American Dream for a third world way of life.
January 21, 2020	The Unfinished City	Ethiopia's growing pains have created a capital city filled with half-finished skyscrapers.
December 24, 2019	Bodies Along the Path	Trump has purged the Republican Party of men and women of conscience. Don't expect remaining politicians to stand up to him.
December 10, 2019	Nearing the End	America's decade-long expansion owes its longevity to federal borrowing. It can't keep the party going forever.
November 26, 2019	Resentful Subjects	China has earned the hatred of the people of Hong Kong. An electoral rebuke has dashed any hopes of bringing them around.
November 12, 2019	Sliced in Two	The coup in Boliva offers a chance to save its democracy. It also risks destroying it for a generation.
October 29, 2019	Getting Away With It	America engages in the same irresponsible financial behavior that sinks Argentina. America will keep doing it as long as it can.
October 15, 2019	Ending the Aberration	Neither impeachment nor an election guarantee the removal of the most unfit president in America's history. That's all the more reason to try both strategies.
October 1, 2019	Cramming Them In	Americans workers tolerate crammed conditions at the office while demanding enormous living spaces at home.
September 17, 2019	Not in My Backyard	Elitist opposition to affordable housing has been hurting America's poor for over a century.
September 3, 2019	Cowed and Bamboozled	Hong Kong's youth are risking their lives in the fight for freedom. Their mainland cousins are unwilling to do the same.
August 20, 2019	The Wrath of the Angry Masses	The specter of populism is once gain haunting Argentina. Without action, it will continue haunting America, too.
July 30, 2019	The African Century	The growth of African cities will turn the continent into the world's next low-cost manufacturing center.
July 16, 2019	No Libertine Oasis	Washington DC has some of the most liberal marijuana laws in America. Its laws on alcohol are quite another matter.
July 2, 2019	Losing Their Gumption	Many Americans have lost the will to move to improve their lives. That makes them unworthy of their own great country.
June 18, 2019	The Other China	Protesters in Hong Kong show that the cause of freedom is not dead in the Chinese world.
June 4, 2019	The Rise of the Silicon Curtain	America's ban on technology sales to Huawei risks a long-term schism in the high-tech world.
May 21, 2019	Twisted Wreckage	The decline of the American steel industry coincided with the rise of Silicon Valley. Nobody should regret which sector came out on top.
May 7, 2019	Drizzled in Fake Blood	While Americans obsess about making vegetables taste like meat, Indians carry on making vegetables taste delicious.
April 23, 2019	Imperial Populism	American bullying of Iran's oil customers risks a backlash from China.
April 9, 2019	Shameful Collaboration	Mexico's rise from poverty was built on migration to America. Now Mexico's working to stop Central America from doing the same.
March 26, 2019	Sorry About the Ancient Plunder	Mexicans shouldn't expect Spain to apologize for colonial-era abuses. Descendants of perpetrators and victims are often one and the same.
March 12, 2019	Dangerous Exposure	The internet exposes Russia to dangerous ideas. The regime has a plan to fight the threat.
February 26, 2019	Trojan Horse	American aid to Venezuela is nothing but a political tool. Let's pray it succeeds.
Febraury 12, 2019	Welcoming the Invaders	Growth in the cruise ship industry depends on finding destinations that won't make a fuss.
January 29, 2019	Feeding the Fortunate	The government shutdown shows the tragic consequence of America's refusal to save.
January 15, 2019	Getting Your Racism Right	A rejection of truth in science allows crack-pot ideas to flourish.
January 1, 2019	Besting the Master	A fraudulent election tarnishes decades of progress in Bangladesh.
December 18, 2018	Rule of Unjust Law	Canada's arrest of a Huawei executive tarnishes the very rule of law the country claims to follow.
December 3, 2018	Surreal Nightmare	Argentina proved that it is capable of hosting a global economic conference -- but only at the cost of evacuating its capital city.
October 23, 2018	Victim of its Own Success	A stunning surge in oil production from America's fracking boom has destroyed American control over oil prices.
October 9, 2018	Coming Home to Roost	Allegations that China inserted spy chips on circuit boards bound for America are reminiscent of similar acts by the NSA.
September 25, 2018	Tomorrow's Yard Sale	The frantic rise in ride sharing companies has all the signs of a bubble.
September 11, 2018	Urban Migration	Heroin is being pushed out of big cities in favor of synthetic opioids popularized in the suburbs.
August 28, 2018	Boneheaded Questions	Corporate disdain for quarterly earnings has nothing to do with a love of long-term thinking and everything to do with avoiding hard questions.
August 14, 2018	Hothead Contagion	Bad behavior and hothead posturing is to blame for Turkey's currency woes. Cooler heads must keep the crisis from spreading.
July 31, 2018	A Slam Dunk Case	Intelligence reports say North Korea is building more missiles. The president doesn't want to hear it, and the public probably won't believe it.
July 17, 2018	Better Than No Job at All	Walmart is the company everyone loves to hate, but Amazon's business practices are hardly any better.
July 3, 2018	A Bad Bad Cop	Germany sorely deserves American pressure to take responsibility for its own defense. But Donald Trump is ill-suited to make the case.
June 19, 2018	Stuff They Don't Need	Rising inequality is fueled by Americans choosing spending over saving.
June 5, 2018	Tyranny of the Wall Wart	Consumers have been shifting from mechanical gadgets to electronic ones for decades. It's time for our electrical outlets to get with the program.
May 22, 2018	Dying Behemoths	The decline of America's catalog retailers alongside the growth of Amazon shows how large companies lose their way.
May 8, 2018	Itching to Leave	Puerto Rico's economic crisis won't be over until a new economy emerges.
April 24, 2018	Empty Blame and Reckless Bluster	A collapse in the value of Iran's currency heightens the risk of regional war.
April 3, 2018	Brunching in Querétaro	Mexico's rising middle class has established a base north of the capital.
March 20, 2018	Stagnant Future	The embrace of the lifelong presidency is bad news for countries facing economic headwinds.
March 6, 2018	Big Business	Drug violence on the Mexican Caribbean threatens to send resorts down Acapulco's ruinous path.
February 20, 2018	Embarrassment to Democracy	Election interference is a practice shared by America as well as Russia. American Democracy is strong enough to withstand the meddling.
January 30, 2018	NATO's Wayward Ally	Turkey's strikes on the Kurds in Syria should earn it the boot from the European alliance.
January 16, 2018	Downsizing the Skies	The age of the jumbo jet is coming to an end. For passengers interested in convenience, it couldn't be soon enough.
January 2, 2018	Permeated with Filth	Republicans' unwillingness to impeach Trump risks bringing the party down with him.
December 5, 2017	Didn't Get the Memo	Men brought down by sexual harassment allegations have had their heads in the sand for a quarter century.
October 21, 2017	Ukraine's Long Path	Russian aggression has alienated Ukrainians for generations to come.
October 19, 2017	Underneath the Cheesy Grin	Taiwan's struggle to come to terms with Chiang Kai Shek has a long way to go.
September 28, 2017	Lessons from Siberia	Siberian cities address communist-era crimes without erasing the historic symbols the Soviets left behind.
August 15, 2017	Unworthy Ally	Ukraine's corrupt management of a dangerous arms industry makes it undeserving of an American alliance.
August 1, 2017	A Disastrous Conspiracy	Relations between the United States and Russia are in terrible shape. Russian election meddling is largely to blame.
July 18, 2017	Chaos and Ruin	Venezuela has been destroyed by unchecked inequality. Americans must learn from its tragedy.
July 4, 2017	Nail in the Coffin	Minimum wage hikes won't destroy the low-wage job. Automation will.
June 20, 2017	Things Robots Can't Do	The sale of a high-wage retailer to a low-cost competitor puts more working class jobs at risk.
June 6, 2017	Getting Us Nuked	Growing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran risk war in the Middle East.
May 23, 2017	Denial and Disingenuousness	A one-state solution would bring a quick end to the Jewish state.
May 9, 2017	Fantastically Wrong	Plans to build Martian colonies are long on fantasy and short on purpose.
April 25, 2017	Unacceptable Price	War with North Korea may not end its threat. But it will certainly leave Seoul in ruins.
April 11, 2017	Standardized Abuse	The airline industry has become rife with anti-consumer policies.
March 28, 2017	Invincible No More	Mass protests in Russia show the limits of Putin's power.
March 14, 2017	Choosing Your Targets	Americans are right to be cavalier about CIA hacking.
February 27, 2017	Red State Tortillas	Trade has changed Mexico as much as America. Politicians wanting to roll back change must be stopped.
February 7, 2017	Crying Wolf	Constant cries of outrage by Trump opponents is numbing the public to his future misdeeds.
January 24, 2017	Goodbye Cruel World The Death of the Washington Consensus	The retreat of America and Britain from the global stage offers China new but unwelcome opportunities.
January 10, 2017	Hey Alexa	Fusing voice commands and a stationary assistant may prove as compelling to the next decade as the touchscreen smartphone was to the last.
December 27, 2016	Agonizing Characters	Newspapers must learn to ignore much of what the president-elect says.
December 13, 2016	Making America Bland Again	Thank immigrants for America's thriving ethnic food scene.
November 29, 2016	Pitiful Subjects	A Trump presidency will give Americans an unpleasant taste of populist rule.
November 8, 2016	Playing on the Riverside	Urban waterfronts are becoming playgrounds for the wealthy.
October 25, 2016	Peasants with Pitchforks	Trump's angry white men won't disappear after the election. Coastal elites would be wise not to ignore them.
October 10, 2016	Oppressing the Passive Majority	Avoiding internet censorship is easier than ever. Fortunately for despots, most people don't bother.
September 27, 2016	Holiday in Baghdad	Those who see hopelessness in the Middle East would be wise to learn from events in Colombia.
September 13, 2016	Remedial Civics	Pledging to flee to Canada in the event of a Trump victory is a betrayal of democratic values.
August 30, 2016	Shaky Alliance	Turkey's invasion of Syria has little to do with the Islamic State and everything to do with its war against the Kurds.
August 16, 2016	Unimpressive Specimens	Physical abilities make humans unimpressive in the animal kingdom.
August 2, 2016	Defending the Deadbeats	America's NATO allies are worried about Russia, just not worried enough to increase military budgets.
July 19, 2016	Bigfoot, UFOs and Racism	Video streaming capabilities of mobile phones are dispelling some myths and proving others.
July 5, 2016	Sustaining the Sprawl	Google's automotive projects offer unwelcome aid for America's suburban dysfunction.
June 21, 2016	Hitting the Target	Anti-gun rhetoric is landing more weapons on American streets. It's time for a new strategy.
June 7, 2016	Not Quite a Hypocrite	Politicians want government to stop rising inequality. Step one is to stop profiting from it.
May 24, 2016	Revisionist History	America's foreign policy blunders can't be undone. Recognizing the mistakes can help the world move on.
May 10, 2016	Dirty Habits	Canada is embracing new oil production even as Saudi Arabia turns away.
April 26, 2016	Milking It	Apple may have sagging phone sales and a lack of new products, but that doesn't mean it can't be profitable.
April 12, 2016	Terminating the Terminator	Scary-looking robots are the last thing Google needs to further its artificial intelligence ambitions.
March 29, 2016	Careful What You Wish For	Donald Trump's destruction of the Republican Party could drive the ascendency of America's right wing.
March 15, 2016	Building a Legacy	Ecuador's infrastructure boom is ending. President Correa leaves much to remember.
March 1, 2016	Zachary Taylor's Renaissance	Ecuadorians are happy to take the dollar coins that Americans stubbornly refuse to use.
January 19, 2016	Dictator's Daughter	The expected election of Keiko Fujimori may try Peruvians' patience for free market reforms.
January 5, 2016	Unwise Alliance	Diverging interests between America and Saudi Arabia are straining an already questionable relationship.
December 22, 2015	Bad Plan	The Western bombing campaign against the Islamic State in Syria is short on purpose and even shorter on allies.
December 8, 2015	Tired Old Lines	America's gun control movement is a failure. It's time to try something different.
November 24, 2015	A Persistent Threat	The face of terrorism has changed in the past generation. The threat to open borders has not.
November 10, 2015	Paradise Flawed	Attacks on tourists at Arabian resorts are a reminder of just how lucky Americans are.
October 27, 2015	Challenging the Elders	South Africa's angry students never lived under apartheid, only under the neglectful watch of the ANC.
October 13, 2015	Coming Home to Roost	The Islamic State's attacks on Saudi Arabia are a problem of the kingdom's own making.
September 29, 2015	Just Not Worth It	More Americans are dropping out of the workforce. Technology and politics will decide if this continues.
September 15, 2015	The End of Hope	Russia's Syrian intervention will empower the Islamic State at the expense of the moderate opposition.
September 1, 2015	Schengen's Deadly Lie	The European Union has failed to implement a region without borders. Refugees are paying the ultimate price.
August 18, 2015	The Lost Dream of Mr. Fusion	Why futuristic visions from the 1980s didn't come to pass.
August 4, 2015	Wings of the Same Bird	Both hopeful Cubans and distraught Puerto Ricans have distorted ideas about their economic future.
July 21, 2015	Running Out of Time	An attack on Americans would derail efforts to keep American ground troops out of the war against the Islamic State.
July 7, 2015	Big Piles of Money	Fears of declining profits at Google are a distraction from the company's more important value.
June 23, 2015	Epicenter of Violence	Central American countries have devolved into the bad neighborhoods of a globalized world.
June 9, 2015	A Problem of Strength	The total erosion of checks on the Russian president's power makes government action unpredictable.
May 26, 2015	Stealing Android	Google is under threat from an upstart that wants to take away its mobile operating system.
May 12, 2015	An Ephemeral Outrage	Bottling water in drought-ridden California is no more outrageous than bottling water in other areas.
April 28, 2015	Wallowing in the Past	The world must remember the Armenian genocide. Armenians must put it behind them.
April 14, 2015	Shaming the Shamers	Internet shaming often doesn't work. Even when it does, it can be dangerous.
March 31, 2015	Waning Alliance	America is right to choose peace with Iran over accommodation of Israel.
March 17, 2015	Censorship American Style	Decades of un-American censorship about travel to Cuba is finally coming to an end.
March 3, 2015	Risky Investments	Panama's canal expansion project counts on shipping growth that may not come.
February 27, 2015	Surfing Like It's 1999	Only the luckiest in Cuba can access the internet.
February 23, 2015	Barely Rattling Along	Cuba's social order relies on Venezuela's oil largess. This charity may not last.
January 27, 2015	A Welcome Resurgence	Apple's gain in the mobile phone market is good news for owners of Android and Apple phones alike.
January 13, 2015	Distressing the Dictator	Cheap oil is bad news for authoritarian regimes. Neighboring countries might not fare better.
December 23, 2014	Stuck in the Past	NASA's Orion capsule offers the chance to send man back into deep space. Now man just needs somewhere affordable to go.
December 9, 2014	Injustice Revealed	Catching bad cops on video doesn't prevent injustice. But it makes it impossible to deny unjust acts.
November 25, 2014	Holiday in Haiti?	Haiti's tourism renaissance is off to a very rough start.
November 11, 2014	The Hero Turns	A new turning point in Russian relations follows unintended consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
October 28, 2014	Rewarding Bad Behavior	Apple's new mobile payment system threatens to enrich the credit card industry for yet another generation.
October 14, 2014	Profitable Ignorance	Aggressive marketing practices have ruined the credibility of food labels. Big businesses aren't the only ones to blame.
September 30, 2014	Stalling for Time	Madrid is using the law as a tool for delaying a legitimate vote on Catalonian independence.
September 9, 2014	A Deadly Speed Bump	The largest Ebola epidemic in history is a product of African growth. Panicked Westerners would be wise to take note.
August 26, 2014	From Luxury to Squalor	Affordable Housing in America's capital is as scarce now as it was 125 years ago.
August 12, 2014	Corporate Revolution	Big businesses are teaming up to protect citizens from the tyranny of big government.
July 29, 2014	Foolish Investment	Amazon's long-term growth might be better than short-term profits, but only if those profits eventually come.
July 15, 2014	Collateral Damage	Countries aspiring to Western status must learn to be as high minded in war as they are at peace.
July 1, 2014	Pretty Words	The Supreme Court has taken a strong stand against digital snooping, but it is unlikely to reign in the NSA any time soon.
June 17, 2014	Welcoming Kurdistan	The collapse of the Iraqi army in the face of Islamist rebels has virtually assured the independence of Kurdistan.
June 3, 2014	Great Satan No More	Getting a nuclear deal with Iran is far more important than getting nuclear concessions.
May 20, 2014	Blood and Sand	Violence has once again erupted over control of the South China Sea. China risks driving its neighbors into the arms of America.
May 6, 2014	Death and the Benevolent Dictator	Boardroom abuse will always exist, so shareholders must know about executive pay.
April 22, 2014	Unseemly Cause	Left-wing Americans use rising inequality as a weapon to attack their enemies. Innovative thinking and sincere solutions are sorely needed.
April 8, 2014	Under Control?	Trouble in Ukraine doesn't mean a new Cold War. It might mean something far more deadly.
March 25, 2014	Time for a Clean Slate	Afghanistan's government can't survive without American support. That planned support isn't worth giving.
March 11, 2014	Interpol vs. the Poor	Cracking down on stolen passports is less about fighting terrorism than it is about trapping the world's poor.
February 25, 2014	An Amicable Divorce	The West wants to keep Ukraine together. It may be better to help it fall apart.
February 11, 2014	Dead-End Conspiracy	A tradition of government meddling discourages Americans from changing jobs.
January 28, 2014	New Generation of Hype	Fuel cell vehicles make great props for auto shows. Until fundamental problems are solved, that's the only place they belong.
january 14, 2014	Poisonous Mix	Popular support for wealthy abusers highlights the moral bankruptcy of Indian society.
December 31, 2013	Pity the Petro-Citizens	Violence in the world's newest petro-state is tragic even if it isn't surprising.
December 17, 2013	Democracy's Key Lesson	Ukrainians are right to be outraged by their president's policies, but they'd better learn to live with them.
December 3, 2013	Exploitation's Favorite Face	Mexicans fear being sold out to foreigners over oil. Sadly, Pemex has sold them out already.
November 12, 2013	Treating the Symptoms	Promises to fight inequality are resonating with voters. Politicians must figure out a way to deliver.
October 29, 2013	Trust Them? Really?	Raging German anger over American spying offers the best hope yet for reigning in the NSA.
October 15, 2013	Murky Future	A Chinese company plans a new pan-American canal in just six years. Don't hold your breath.
October 1, 2013	Nothing to Lose	America's political crisis has its roots in anger over the sagging fortunes of the middle class.
September 17, 2013	Not Quite Cruelty Free	Walmart has won a political victory in Washington. Business success may not be so easy.
September 3, 2013	Ending With a Whimper	America's prohibition of marijuana has ended. The drug war, unfortunately, lives on.
August 20, 2013	Squinting in the Sand	The handheld computer's success has squashed the promise of e-paper.
August 6, 2013	New Era of Openness	A cyberattack against the Tor privacy system highlights America's betrayal of internet freedom.
July 23, 2013	I Want It Now	New innovations in retail delivery are a long time in coming.
July 9, 2013	Reckless and Stupid The End of Egyptian Democracy	Egypt's liberals are cheering the downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood. They should be trembling in fear for their future.
June 25, 2013	Liberty Isn't Privacy	The NSA's surveillance of ordinary Americans' is not a privacy issue. It is a fundamental betrayal of Americans' basic liberties.
June 4, 2013	Deficit Relapse	Rising imports and stagnant exports threaten a half-decade of American progress.
May 21, 2013	Missing the Boat	Ben Bernanke doesn't embrace the internet. Those who do likewise will be confined to a clunky, old-fashioned world.
May 7, 2013	Tragic Present, Glitzy Future	Deadly conditions in a Bangladeshi sweatshop should make Western consumers think twice. For Bangladeshis' sake, they had better keep buying.
April 23, 2013	Worst-Case Scenario	A resurgence of fossil fuel use will send atmospheric carbon levels soaring. Pray that climate alarmists are wrong about the effects.
April 9, 2013	A Bigger, Messier Lebanon	The Syrian civil war is going badly for the government. Unfortunately, it is going badly for the people as well.
March 26, 2013	Sticking It to the Consumer	Companies love to squeeze money out of consumers. Government shouldn't stop them, but it shouldn't help them, either.
March 12, 2013	Coming Drama	America's surging stock valuations make bonds look like a bad deal. That's bad news for government finance, inflation or both.
February 26, 2013	That's Creepy But He's Creepier	Human nature makes people untrusting of new technology. This often isn't justified.
February 12, 2013	Doomsday Scenario	Automatic budget cuts are only a small measure of what is needed to put America's house in order. Those opposing them do so against their country's best interests.
January 29, 2013	Probation for the Huddled Masses	Denying immigrants government services threatens to destroy America's culture of equality.
January 15, 2013	Bullets and Big Gulps	America's gun nuts used to be vanguards of liberty. Now they're just nuts.
January 1, 2013	A Long Way to Go	Sexual predators run rampant in India for a simple reason: people let them.
December 11, 2012	Solving the Unsolvable	Several of America's seemingly unsolvable problems are suddenly getting better.
November 27, 2012	Illiberal Democracy	India proves that democracy can work in some developing countries. Egypt may not be one of them.
October 30, 2012	Mobile Stagnation	Innovation in mobile computing is nearing the end of the road.
October 16, 2012	The Never-Ending Party	Cuban communism survives by letting the troublesome leave and finding other folks to pay the bills.
October 2, 2012	A Revolutionary Ending	Great revolutionaries often make terrible governors. Georgia's Sakashvili did better than most.
September 18, 2012	Still Tarnished	The end of the Bush presidency didn't stem Arabs' hatred of America. Arab ignorance and American policy are equally to blame.
September 4, 2012	Please Paint My Ceiling	The American Dream isn't dead for working class Americans, but it has moved to different places. Unemployed workers would be wise to do the same.
August 21, 2012	Egomaniacs, Traitors and Crackpots	The WikiLeaks case is full of strange characters. Yet the strangeness of activists does not invalidate their cause.
August 7, 2012	Beyond the Fancy Facade	A security breach shows that Apple's walled garden isn't so safe after all.
July 24, 2012	Unilateralist Nostalgia	America's drive for international consensus on Syria does nothing but serve the world's most repressive regimes.
July 10, 2012	Unholy Alliance	The seedy partnership between politicians and gambling operators has gone too far.
June 26, 2012	Just Choose	Women's efforts to juggle career and family have not been very successful. Perhaps "having it all" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
June 12, 2012	No War With Eastasia	America's military shift to the Pacific makes sense, for reasons that have nothing to do with China.
May 29, 2012	Putting Jones to Shame	It's tragic how many Americans died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Glorifying these deaths does not serve the country.
May 15, 2012	Big Banks vs. Big Brother	The best way to stop big banks' risky behavior isn't to regulate them, it's to eliminate them.
May 1, 2012	Who Will Do The Dirty Work?	The era of cheap Mexican labor is over. America must loosen immigration quotas to find an alternative.
April 17, 2012	Shut Up and Eat	While food allergies are rare, Americans with food issues are all too common.
April 3, 2012	A Wilted Figleaf	The Supreme Court should invalidate not just the health insurance mandate, but strike down the 70 years of precedent that made it possible.
March 20, 2012	Old Country, Older Profession	Widespread prostitution in the Dominican Republic isn't good for the country's future.
February 28, 2012	Time for a New Leaf	Raising home prices isn't the answer to boost America's sluggish growth.
February 14, 2012	Patently Unfair	Apple's war against Android proves how degenerate America's patent system has become.
January 31, 2012	Abusive Innovation	Rapid innovation is driving congestion on America's data networks. Lack of innovation threatens to keep it there.
January 17, 2012	The Rise of Manitoban Sushi	America's manic pursuit of the illusion of wholesome freshness is making times hard for the Hostess Twinkie.
January 3, 2012	The Resilient Empire	America's withdrawal form Iraq is a symbol of the nation's resilience, not its decline.
December 20, 2011	Sagging Markets and Shaky Loyalties	China's cowed citizens are looking less docile all the time. Economic pressure in the coming year could end Chinese allegiance to their authoritarian leaders.
December 4, 2011	Revoking the Irrevocable	History has shown that adopting a common currency like the Dollar or Euro is not irreversible.
November 15, 2011	Old Stigmas vs. New Streetcars	America's streetcar renaissance is more about style than transportation. In times of austerity, this is a tough sell.
November 1, 2011	Not Too Shabby	The upper part of "the other 99 percent" has more in common with the rich than they think.
October 18, 2011	A Weak Case Against Filthy Oil	Environmentalists have wielded a red state as an unusual tool in a pointless battle against the excesses of the oil industry.
October 4, 2011	The Ugly Alliance	America's deep pockets have made a superficial ally out of a Pakistani enemy. Ending the payments could create a new war.
September 20, 2011	Stubborn Denial	Instead of blocking UN recognition of Palestine, Israel would be wise to be its chief UN sponsor.
September 6, 2011	From Savior to Despot	A rebellion against Apple's iPad subscription terms could be good for technology and newspapers alike.
August 23, 2011	Ready to Pop	Bonds say no inflation. Gold says hyperinflation. Let's call the whole thing a bubble.
August 9, 2011	Welcome to Reality, Glad You Could Join Us	America's public finances have been in sad shape for long before the S&P downgrade. Americans, like the rest of the rich world, must stop living beyond their means.
July 26, 2011	End of the Gravy Train	The suspension of America's space program was long overdue.
July 12, 2011	Time For What Doesn't Feel Good	America's policymakers have been leaping from one short-term fix to another since the start of the financial crisis. Now long-term problems are coming back to haunt them.
June 28, 2011	Shifting the Front	America is right to wind down its war in Afghanistan -- not least because it may need to shift the front next door.
June 14, 2011	The Accidental Revolution	Historical accidents in revolutionary times can have far-reaching effects. But just because we can't control change, doesn't mean we shouldn't welcome it.
May 31, 2011	Learning to be Boring	Microsoft's decline in importance highlights the boon of the hyper-competitive consumer tech market.
May 17, 2011	Facing the Dictator Alone	Western governments can't do much for pro-democracy movements, but there's nothing wrong with trying.
May 3, 2011	Dismantling the Nonsense	The death of bin Laden provides a window to dismantling the worst of America's security industrial complex.
April 19, 2011	None Too Impressive	America needs to get serious about tackling deficit spending before investors get serious with America.
April 5, 2011	Is It Yours?	Media companies love to repeatedly charge customers for the same content. Digital distribution is only making the problem worse.
March 22, 2011	Scary Fairy Tales The Irrational Fear of Radiation	Public fear created by the Japanese nuclear accident will probably doom the renaissance of nuclear power.
March 8, 2011	Short-Term Fluke The Driving Force of Oil Prices	The coming crisis in oil prices has nothing to do with Arab unrest, and everything to do with the end of the recession.
February 22, 2011	The Leading Edge of Inflation	Consumer price inflation is spreading around the world. It is just arriving on American shores.
February 8, 2010	Twitter Feeds and Tie-Dies	Demographic trends, not Twitter, are responsible for revolutions in the Islamic world. America would be wise not to stand in the way.
January 20, 2011	Honking for Uncle Ho	Vietnam's rapid development is good for its people, if not for its visitors.
December 28, 2010	The Bleeding Edge of Wireless	America isn't quite ready for the fully wireless household. If carriers have their way, it never will be.
December 14, 2010	Embarrassing Indeed	WikiLeaks' release of secret diplomatic messages may be embarrassing, but not half as much as America's heavy-handed response.
November 28, 2010	Pan-American Prospects	The failure to complete the Pan-American Highway made northwest Colombia a backwater. Those days may be coming to an end.
November 9, 2010	Living Like There's No Tomorrow	The Fed's plan to print more money makes it easier for politicians to put off cuts in spending. This won't end well.
October 26, 2010	News From the Forest	The archaic process of manufacturing newspapers is symbolic of the industry's larger problems.
October 12, 2010	Saving the Suburbs	Self-driving technology and electric drive trains offer a path to salvation for the suburbs most pressing problems. Are they too late?
September 28, 2010	Fire the Memory Sticks!	An apparent Israeli cyber attack on Iran's nuclear facilities beats the violent alternative, but ordinary people around the world will still suffer the consequences.
September 14, 2010	An Unwelcome Consistency	Consolidation in America's rental car industry is irrelevant so long as all companies continue to behave in exactly the same way.
August 31, 2010	Revolution of Idiots	The Tea Party movement lacks the thoughtful leadership needed to turn populist anger into productive action.
August 17, 2010	Pashtun Poison Peace Through Partition in Afghanistan	Afghanistan's Pashtuns are more trouble than they are worth. It's time to show them the door.
August 3, 2010	Repression's Global Creep	Internet restrictions in China and Dubai are bad enough. Worse is the risk they will spread to the rest of us.
July 20, 2010	Deal With It The Inevitability of a Nuclear Iran	Iran is about to become a nuclear power, and there is nothing that the West can do to stop it.
July 6, 2010	Double Dip Deceit	A second stimulus package won't help America's economic recovery. In the long run, it would only make things worse.
June 22, 2010	The Unspeakable Exodus	Emigration from Israel is currently unspeakable. Unless things change, it will soon be inevitable.
June 8, 2010	The End of Unity	South Africans are unified by their pride in hosting the World Cup. But what will happen after the tournament is over?
May 25, 2010	The Erosion of the Private Garden	The world's private areas are shrinking with the advance of information technology. People who value privacy must take responsibility for themselves.
May 11, 2010	Shaky Debts and Flagging Trust The Dubious Future of Public Finance	Europe's bond market rescue won't stabilize international finance so long as national governments remain so awash in debt.
April 27, 2010	Stupid and Impossible 21st Century Immigration Law	Righteous anger over America's broken immigration system is piling bad laws on top of stupid ones.
April 13, 2010	Lessons From a Dead President	Poland's recovery from the death of its president proves that all leaders are replaceable. American security officials should take note.
March 30, 2010	Hurricane Season Awaiting Crises in an Unstable World	Two years after the financial crisis began spreading around the world, serious cracks in the status quo risk eruption into destructive crises.
February 23, 2010	Drugs and Fear in Paradise	American drug policies are destroying lives and tourism in Mexico.
February 9, 2010	The Rise of the Rusted Curtain	The defeat of reformists in Ukraine threatens to leave the country a miserably stunted Russian satellite.
January 26, 2010	Mr. Hu, Tear Down This Firewall	Despite corporate and political collaboration with tyrants, America can still lead the battle for freedom on the Internet.
January 12, 2010	The Palinization of the News	The much ballyhooed political segregation of the news media is nothing compared with the banishment of actual news from the broadcast media.
December 29, 2009	Google vs. the Anti-Cloud Axis	2010 is shaping up to host the biggest tech confrontation since the browser wars of the 1990s.
December 15, 2009	A Greek Canary in an American Mine	Economists agree that government deficits around the world are unsustainable. The end may be coming sooner than they think.
December 2, 2009	A Welcome Police State	A massive security apparatus is usually a bad thing. It seems to have done good things for Colombia.
November 17, 2009	While the Gettin's Good Preparing for the Inflationary Monster	Rising asset prices and runaway government spending are bad signs for the future of the US dollar.
November 3, 2009	Dead Wood The Unemployable Working Class	The dying manufacturing sector will keep America's unemployment rate high for years to come.
October 20, 2009	Broken Promise America's Next Guantanamo	President Obama is breaking his promise to close down the abusive system at Guantanamo. The reason is far more self-serving than he would have you believe.
October 6, 2009	Do-Gooder Idiocy	Left-wing elitists are planning to make Americans slimmer and better by taxing their soda. Who knows what they'll really do?
September 22, 2009	Abandoning Friends	Ukraine's independence may be the ultimate casualty of America's military pullback from Eastern Europe.
September 8, 2009	The Curse of Overemployment	Americans who fret about the plight of the underemployed would be wise to reconsider where the problem really lies.
August 25, 2009	Prosecute Them All The Conservative Case for Investigations	The American right would be wise to support investigations of Bush-era abuses.
August 11, 2009	Smarter Than a Spendthrift	America is coming out of its recession with its manic consumerism in check. Americans must rebuff short-term thinking that would reverse these gains.
July 28, 2009	Murdered By Law	Brokering sales of human organs is against the law. The real crime, however, is the condemnation of tens of thousands of organ failure victims to a premature death.
July 14, 2009	Abused and Ignored	Bloodshed in East Turkestan might lessen America's ignorance about the country whose people it has so abused.
June 30, 2009	Symbol of the Impossible	America's proposed carbon limits are but a symbolic gesture toward an unachievable goal.
June 16, 2009	They Don't Need Us	Israel has grown powerful enough to stand without its American ally. An attack on Iran could end the alliance forever.
June 2, 2009	Sustaining the Unsustainable	The American government's takeover of General Motors is a doomed attempt to keep blue-collar workers in the American middle class.
May 19, 2009	Overflowing Airplanes, Overflowing Casinos, Overflowing Hype	The response to America's economic crisis may be as unnecessary and as costly as the response to swine flu.
May 5, 2009	Liquidate Them	Chrysler's bankruptcy is a welcome setback for an unwelcome government intervention.
April 21, 2009	Washington Gold Rush America's New Extraction Economy	Lobbyists are raking in a windfall of new government spending for their corporate clients that dwarfs the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
April 7, 2009	Abused and Ignored The District of Columbia vs. the Constitution	A bill to give Washington, DC a vote in the House of Representatives is flagrantly unconstitutional. Given a choice between representation and the Constitution, the bill's liberal supporters should choose the latter.
March 24, 2009	From America to Zimbabwe	America's decision to print money will prove addictive to the government, and may lead to an inflationary disaster.
March 10, 2009	Death of the Daily	Big city newspapers are facing final collapse as innovative news organizations emerge from the rubble.
February 24, 2009	The End of Pakistan	Violent insurgencies and an economic crisis will soon see the end of the Pakistani state. American policymakers must plan for this collapse.
February 10, 2009	Persistent Problems, Painful Solutions	The downturn has given America a chance to steer its economy in a more promising direction. Short-term thinking and grandstanding politicians are squandering this opportunity.
January 27, 2009	Slick, Easy, and Free	Video streaming is the future of television. The cable television industry isn't going to like it.
January 13, 2009	The Rise of the Mutant Beast	Deficit spending has replaced taxes as the primary fuel of big government, driving America ever closer to financial disaster.
December 30, 2008	The Temptress of Arbitrary Power	The temptations that brought down the governor of Illinois nothing compared to those that face the new administration in Washington.
December 9, 2008	Meddling with Disaster	Government meddling through an automotive bailout won't help Americaâ€™s car companies. Bankruptcy offers the only hope for the future.
November 11, 2008	Obama's Kryptonite	Mindless devotion to America's new president is bad for America, and could lead to his downfall.
October 28, 2008	Spending the Extra Money	Spending habits from the 1930s show how wealthy Americans have become, and offer lessons for how they can reform their spendthrift ways.
October 14, 2008	Freedom of Stupidity	The free market allows people to make the brilliant investments that drive the world economy, and sometimes make the stupid, hysteric decisions that have brought us to where we are today.
September 30, 2008	Circling Sharks and the Magic Hand	The collapse of the Wall Street bailout plan is welcome news for those concerned about America's long-term financial health.
September 16, 2008	Stagnation's New Decade	America's economy has drifted into stagnation. A corrective recession is starting to look better every day.
September 2, 2008	Yawning Toward Disaster	Americans' complete lack of interest in considering their profligate ways spells bad news for the country's financial future.
August 19, 2008	The Reign of the Petro-Bully	Russia's brutal invasion of Georgia was made possible by the rising price of oil. High prices mean there is little hope that the Kremlin will behave.
August 5, 2008	Aggravating the Hangover	Home subsides are the cause of, not the solution to America's real estate crash. Creating more of the same will only make things worse.
July 22, 2008	Bankruptcy's Silver Lining	High fuel prices and a slowing economy may soon kill off the worst of America's legacy air carriers.
July 8, 2008	Lessons for Victory in Afghanistan	The near defeat of rebels in Colombia shows that victory is possible in the highly similar conflict in Afghanistan.
June 24, 2008	Higher Prices Now! Weaning Consumers From Cheap Oil	Instead of protecting consumers from rising oil prices, political leaders should force costs higher to encourage changes in dysfunctional behavior.
June 10, 2008	Unsavory Product The Tragedy of the American Tomato	Consumers are right to avoid supermarket tomatoes, but salmonella contamination should be the least of their concerns.
May 27, 2008	Tarnished Luster The Decline of the Suburban Lifestyle	High fuel prices may lead to a long period of decline for America's sprawling suburbs.
May 13, 2008	Poisonous Windfall	Events in Russia show how damaging petroleum wealth can be to less developed countries.
April 29, 2008	Tough Road Ahead	Creative solutions to traffic problems are impossible so long as American cities enforce the undisputed primacy of the automobile.
April 15, 2008	Getting out of Rome America's Role in the Future of the Church	The Pope's American visit highlights the Church's difficulty leading the world's Catholics so long as the Church remains a backward-thinking European club.
April 1, 2008	Tough Sell The Threadbare Case for Free Trade	Americans' honeymoon with globalization is over. Hopefully its marriage with free trade can still be saved.
March 18, 2008	The Tyranny of the Irresponsible	The regular use of credit spending to hide failure is casting a shadow over America's economic future.
March 4, 2008	Good Corp, Bad Cop?	America's telecom companies deserve to be punished for betraying their customers, even if the Bush Administration is the bigger villain.
February 18, 2008	The End of Paper	Distribution of information on paper will lose its dominance within our lifetimes.
February 5, 2008	Liberty in Unlikely Places	Hamas' destruction of the Egypt-Gaza border is a victory for all who value liberty.
January 22, 2008	Criminal Treatment My Time in a Mexican Jail	A run-in with the law can teach important lessons about the treatment of people on both sides of the Mexican border.
January 8, 2008	Costly Reading	Parade magazine's coverage of the Bhutto assassination highlights the poor health and obsolescence of American newspapers.
December 25, 2007	Flat Earth Fundamentalism	Politicians who reject basic tenets of modernity should be rejected as candidates.
December 11, 2007	Unstoppable Disaster The Coming Conflict with Iran	Iran has not stopped its drive to build a nuclear bomb. Abuse of an American intelligence report suggesting the contrary may spark a regional war.
November 27, 2007	House of Cards The Collapse of Credit-Driven Spending	Americans won't stop their irresponsible spending on credit until an economic crisis makes them. That may happen sooner rather than later.
November 13, 2007	A Dangerous Idea Accepting the Existence of Group Inequality	The flawed dogma of group equality is beginning to crumble. Fortunately, lies aren't the only way to combat discrimination.
October 30, 2007	Daddy's Little Tramp	Halloween has become a showcase of women's sex outfits, and a case study in excessively indulgent parenting.
October 16, 2007	Friend or Fascist?	The debate over America's resolution on the Armenian genocide has exposed the ugliness of Turkey's lingering fascism.
October 2, 2007	Victimized by an Idiotic Mob	The popping real estate bubble is putting financially responsible citizens at risk from the behavior of the irresponsible masses.
September 18, 2007	A Disastrous Status Quo	America's surge in troops has accomplished nothing more than bolstering Bush's political position. Taxpayers and soldiers will pay the price.
September 4, 2007	Selfish Altruism	Volunteering may serve to make people feel good, but it's usually not the best way to improve the world.
August 21, 2007	Is China Killing Your Baby?	Safety scandals regarding Chinese manufactured products are fueling fearmongering and economic nationalism.
August 13, 2007	Triumph of Civilization The World's New Urban Majority	The growth of the world's urban population is both a symptom and a cause of the welcome economic progress sweeping the world.
July 24, 2007	The Exodus Cometh	A military withdrawal from Iraq will create a flood of refugees. America must find a way to welcome them.
July 9, 2007	Supremely Aged	The Supreme Court's modernist-dinosaur divide is almost as striking as its more famous left-right divide.
June 26, 2007	Queens of Degradation	Fragmentation of the entertainment market has dragged once high and mighty television networks down to the level of the tabloids.
June 12, 2007	Submitting to the Rising Tide	Trying to stop immigrants from coming is like trying to hold back a rising tide. Given America's heritage of open immigration, it's wrong to even try.
May 29, 2007	An Exaggerated Death The Growing Mess of DRM	EMI's decision to allow sales of unprotected music online won't end the problems caused by copy protection schemes.
April 29, 2007	Yes to Islam, No to Fascism	Turkey should be rejected as an EU candidate, not because it is Muslim, but because it is Europe’s last unrepentant fascist state.
February 15, 2007	A Nation Doomed to Drought	Australians are powerless over the future of their climate. It lies in the hands of Mother Nature and two billion Asians.
December 28, 2006	Fueling the Next Turkmenbashi	High energy prices are encouraging despotism in Turkmenistan and throughout the world.
November 14, 2006	Embracing Your Green Friend	Media fear-mongering has exaggerated the health risks of America’s produce.
November 25, 2006	Mexican Standoff	New left-wing protest movements are intended to reform Mexico. Immature leadership will delay meaningful reform for the next six years.
November 14, 2006	Benign Indifference The Strategic Irrelevance of Central America	Washington’s indifference toward Marxist governments and canal building projects in Central America is a welcome boon for the region.
October 31, 2006	Business as Usual The Hollow Fight Against Online Gambling	Government efforts to squash online gambling are morally bankrupt so long as government lotteries continue to prey on the poorest Americans.
October 17, 2006	Freeing the Hostage The Path to the Second Korean War	It’s time for America to take out North Korea. The alliance with the South must be the conflict’s first casualty.
October 3, 2006	The Redneck Club	The Republican Party has devolved into an anti-intellectual club of redneck populists. America’s right wing is in dire need of a cerebral renaissance.
September 19, 2006	Useful Lies Apple’s Non-Invention of the Movie Download	Apple didn’t invent the movie download. The company’s entry into the market, however, promises to expand movie availability and improve ease of use.
September 5, 2006	Taste be Damned	Products in American supermarkets have become more convenient and more humane. Too bad these changes have come at the expense of taste.
August 22, 2006	The New Iraqi Dream Hope for a Less Destructive Trajectory	The American government needs to abandon its dream of a democratic Iraq in favor of managing the country’s unstoppable civil war.
August 8, 2006	Who Will Kill the SUV?	Electric and hybrid cars will remain niche products so long as Americans remain in love with the SUV.
July 25, 2006	The Terror Factory	Israel’s assault on Lebanon goes completely against American interests. Worse yet, American taxpayers are getting the bill.
July 11, 2006	Breaking the Logjam The Russian Alternative for Nuclear Waste	Allowing nuclear waste exports to Russia is a useful tool for reviving America’s nuclear power industry. Actually exporting the waste, however, would be a disaster.
June 27, 2006	Forever Taliban	The comeback of the Taliban has nothing to do with Islamic fundamentalism, and everything to do with America’s dysfunctional drug policies.
June 13, 2006	The End of Oil	High oil prices are bringing ever closer the end of boom times for oil producing countries.
May 30, 2006	Fat and Happy No More	Congressmen are outraged at being touched by unchecked executive power. Too bad they kept quiet as it was directed at the rest of Americans.
May 16, 2006	Trolling Through Your Life The Betrayal of Telecom Customers	Phone companies have betrayed their customers by voluntarily giving call records to the National Security Agency.
May 2, 2006	Dressing the Window A Grand Jury Tale of Abuse	The federal grand jury system has evolved into a tool of law enforcement abuse. It must be reformed.
April 18, 2006	Hold Your Nose and Vote	Voter anger at corrupt politicians can lead them to choose very unpalatable alternatives. The Palestinians chose Hamas. Will the Americans choose the Democrats?
April 4, 2006	Meet the Parasites	Americans' prejudice toward Mexicans blinds them to just how hard working illegal immigrants really are.
March 21, 2006	Shrinking Singapore	Singapore's low birthrate may end Chinese domination on the island.
February 14, 2006	Failed Revolutionary The Java Computer Language Turns Ten	Sun's decade-old plans for a revolution in computing proved a miserable failure. Despite all its missteps, its Java brainchild lives on.
Januray 31, 2006	Enlightened Prejudice	Left-wing prejudice against big business inspires lobbying that ultimately hurts progressive causes.
January 17, 2006	Ending the War on Terror	America's restrictions on civil liberties might be justified at a time of war. Trouble is, the "war on terror" isn't much of a war, and it's time to end it.
Januray 3, 2006	The Rise of the Loony Left	South America's left-wing political revolution shows just how morally bankrupt the region's leaders have become.
December 20, 2005	America Sold Short	President Bush’s secret program of domestic espionage is a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment and a a high crime worthy of his impeachment. Sadly, reprehensible Democratic leaders have made this prospect impossible.
December 6, 2005	America’s Moral Downfall	Secret prisons, CIA abductions, and allegations of torture have destroyed America’s reputation without enhancing its security.
November 8, 2005	Poor Little Big Business	Businesses have manipulated bankruptcy and intellectual property laws beyond their benefits to modern society.
October 25, 2005	Worse than Worthless The Coming Dependent Majority	Industrial job losses highlight the incompatibility between America’s beliefs in self-sufficiency and health care for everyone.
October 11, 2005	Fever Pitch America’s New Irrational Fear	Irresponsible scare-mongering over a possible Avian Flu pandemic is a refreshing change from irresponsible scare-mongering about terrorism.
September 27, 2005	An Unaffordable Disaster	Plans for massive government spending on Gulf Coast reconstruction show how irresponsible America's leaders have become.
September 13, 2005	Finding a Way Out America’s Permanent Underclass	Hurricane Katrina has highlighted the unacceptably stagnant economic conditions of America’s poorest black citizens.
August 30, 2005	Hard-Line Disengagement	An internal challenge to Israel's leader could lead to a more dovish prime minister.
August 16, 2005	Creating a Taboo Consequences of America’s Disaster in Iraq	A disastrous outcome of the Iraqi experiment could prevent America’s participation in wars of liberation for years to come.
August 2, 2005	Curing a Blind Eye America's Redemption in Uzbekistan	The American government should be commended for abandoning its alliance with the murderous dictator of Uzbekistan.
July 19, 2005	Unnecessary Risk	Politicians must accept the fact that actions like the war in Iraq will inspire terrorism, and make decisions accordingly.
July 5, 2005	Confirmed Boredom	The much anticipated Supreme Court confirmation battle is nothing but hype. Bush’s appointee will sail through.
June 21, 2005	Partners in Crime The Fundamental Cause of Identity Theft	Attempts to protect Social Security numbers are a dangerous distraction from the severe problem of unauthenticated credit.
June 7, 2005	Shameless Politics The Politicization of Human Rights	Partisan transgressions have ruined Amnesty International’s ability to shame Americans about Guantanamo Bay.
May 24, 2005	Obnoxious Whims The Fighting Power of Underground Video	Technology has given consumers the power to overrule the obnoxious whims of the film industry, even if it means going underground.
May 10, 2005	Get Out of Town	Some government agencies in Washington are right to fear their safety. They'd be well advised to leave the city.
April 26, 2005	Out of the Minivan The Real Cause of Childhood Obesity	Lack of exercise, not fast food, is the main reason America’s kids are so fat.
April 12, 2005	Waning Monopoly	Microsoft has failed in its quest to take over the Internet, and now its dominance has begun to wane.
March 29, 2005	The Unexpected Revolution	The Kyrgyz revolution may be imperfect, but its inspirational value will be felt around the globe.
March 13, 2005	Backwater No More Panama’s Return From Obscurity	Panama has suffered a half-century of obscurity due to the rise of airline travel in America. Now America’s insular attitude is giving Panama a chance to return to prominence.
February 15, 2005	Islamic Proliferation America’s Foreign Policy Disaster	Iraq’s election results are great news for Islamists, but spell disaster for American policy.
February 1, 2005	Death by Hubris The High Price of Rationed Medicine	Attempts to ration America’s supply of flu vaccine have been a fiasco, demonstrating the trouble with state-rationed health care.
January 18, 2005	Moral Bankruptcy The Politics of Insolvency and Denial	Politicians who deny that Social Security faces bankruptcy are guilty of passing problems to future generations.
January 4, 2005	Let Them Die The Ultimate Bad Service Solution	The government shouldn’t investigate struggling airlines’ bad service records. It should simply let them die.
December 21, 2004	Bury the Waste, Not the Debate	Yucca Mountain is a reasonable short-term solution for nuclear waste. It would be a shame if it kept better disposal technologies from being discovered.
December 7, 2004	Spending Away the Dollar	Irresponsible consumer spending, not government deficits, deserve the blame for the dollar’s decline.
November 23, 2004	Revolution for a Slow Decline	Protesters challenging Ukraine’s rigged election are fighting for a bleak future instead of a really bleak future.
November 9, 2004	Listening to Osama	Americans wondering why Arabs hate them should simply listen to what the terrorists tell them.
October 26, 2004	Gridlock is a Very Good Thing	The best chance for stopping runaway spending under the Bush administration is a vote for divided government.
October 12, 2004	The Unreproachable Gulag	Guantanamo prisoners are returning to the battlefields of jihad, highlighting the peril of detaining prisoners without reproach.
September 28, 2004	Invading the Next Frontier The Coming Boom in Cuban Real Estate	The end of development opportunities on Mexico’s Caribbean coast puts Cuba on the frontier of North America’s beachfront development.
September 14, 2004	Round Two for the Terrorists	Terrorism has sealed the coffin for democracy in Russia.
August 31, 2004	Breaking the Suburban Siege	Congestion-based pricing is one way to address the disastrous consequences of free government-built roads.
August 17, 2004	The Unspeakable Obama	Everyone knows that Illinois’ future senator isn’t like other black Americans. Hot button issues of race, and failed semantics, keep people from discussing and understanding why.
August 3, 2004	Nothing They Can Do The Terrorist Threat to the World Bank	The World Bank’s leaders have been caught in the sights of al Qaeda, and there’s nothing meaningful they can do about it
July 20, 2004	Fleeing Into the Fire The End of the Israeli Refuge	The anti-Semitism faced by European Jews is nothing compared with the everyday threat faced by Israelis.
July 6, 2004	Silencing the Anti-American Left	The Supreme Court’s ruling against the Bush administration is far more meaningful to voters than the rantings of the anti-American left.
June 22, 2004	The Cheapest Rocket	Manned space travel should be limited to cheap tourist flights, leaving robots to perform scientific missions.
June 8, 2004	Down With Democracy	If democracy can’t succeed in the city of Washington, it doesn’t have much of a chance in Baghdad.
May 25, 2004	Bug-Eyed and Beautiful	The sickening greed of America’s retired citizens makes even the creepy cicada look attractive.
May 11, 2004	Shoot First, Face Court Martial Later	The torture of prisoners by American soldiers is not new. What’s new is the presence of digital cameras to provide convincing evidence.
April 27, 2004	He’s No Gipper	Republicans should denounce Bush for betraying the Reagan legacy.
April 13, 2004	Debating the Draft	A severe shortage of troops for Iraq has made the once unthinkable specter of conscription a dangerous possibility.
March 30, 2004	Damnation Obscured	Saturation coverage of the mildest criticism from Bush's former counter-terrorism chief has obscured his more damning charges about the Iraq War.
March 16, 2004	Tragic Influence Accepting a Terrorist-Installed Government	Leaders who put their citizens in harm’s way deserve to be fired regardless of whether it makes terrorists happy or not.
March 2, 2004	Suffering from Security	Onerous security restrictions are spreading like cancer throughout America. These restrictions serve the security agencies, not American citizens.
February 10, 2004	Submitting to Animal Instincts America's New Culinary Fixation	America's crazy love affair with starchy, fried foods is being eroded by an equally ridiculous low-carbohydrate fad.
January 27, 2004	Working For a Living	A healthy future for the music industry exists in performing music, not selling recordings.
January 13, 2004	Alien to Reality	Bush's plans for a permanent moon base and a manned mission to Mars defy both economic and scientific reality.
December 30, 2003	Those American Bastards	American unilateralism, like single motherhood, is a natural development. European leftists and American rightists had better get used to both phenomena.
December 16, 2003	The 166 Billion Dollar Man	The Iraqi dictator has rightfully lost his freedom forever. But was it worth all the money?
December 1, 2003	Pitiful Conditions False Hopes for a High Tech India	Don't pity America for losing tech jobs to India. Pity India for losing their best and brightest to the United States.
October 28, 2003	Imported Gimmickry The False Promise of Canadian Drugs	Importing prescription drugs from Canada offers Americans great bargains. Doing so on a massive scale will ruin the strategy for everybody.
October 14, 2003	Modernizing into Obsolescence China's Misguided Manned Space Program	China’s entry into the field of manned space travel is a testament to its misguided policy of idealizing mid-20th century technologies.
September 30, 2003	Constitutional Inconveniences The Misguided Fight Against Telemarketing	A federal judge has rightfully declared the FTC’s do-not-call list unconstitutional. Technology, not government, is the solution.
September 16, 2003	Jailing the Peasants The Social Value of Civil Disobedience	The recording industry is using lawsuits to scare people away from sharing music. It will be a shame if they succeed.
September 2, 2003	The Nonsense News Index	The return of nonsense news to America’s front pages shows the national mood is recovering.
August 19, 2003	Back With a Vengeance	Republicans have betrayed voters by returning America to an era of big government.
August 5, 2003	Enter the Worker Drones	The American government has no business imposing longer work hours through regulatory incentives.
July 22, 2003	Out of the Sand! America’s Failed Immigration Policy	America's immigration laws don't reduce immigration – they simply turn immigrants into outlaws.
July 8, 2003	Mugged By Grandma	The new Medicare prescription drug benefit is intergenerational thievery.
June 24, 2003	Presidents Lie	President Bush intentionally misled Americans about the threat posed by Iraq. This is not scandalous; it’s just salesmanship.
June 10, 2003	Turn This Car Around Bad Behavior and the Road Map to Peace	President Bush has no chance of getting anywhere with his Road Map so long as Ariel Sharon behaves so poorly.
May 27, 2003	The Hidden Dividend	America’s new tax cut encourages corporate dividends and helps limit government spending.
May 13, 2003	A Bloated Approach The Real Reason to End the Shuttle Program	The space shuttle program should not be abandoned for safety reasons. It should be abandoned because it is an incredible waste of money.
April 29, 2003	Prescription for Corruption	America’s prescription drug law has handed manufacturers a corrupt money-making scheme. The time has come to end it.
April 15, 2003	Neither Loyalty, Nor Morality The Coming Partition of Turkey	Turkey’s humiliating rebuke of America should end superpower complicity in the repression of the Kurds.
April 1, 2003	A Treasonous Abandonment of Duty	It is the patriotic duty of reporters to ask tough questions. Many American news organizations have abandoned this duty.
March 18, 2003	America Stands Alone	Americans are alone in supporting the invasion of Iraq. Soft public opinion could prove dangerous.
March 4, 2003	Drinking Your Own Kool-Aid The Terrible Costs of an Inevitable War	Dubya's warnings about “weapons of mass destruction” are disingenuous. The American public will pay dearly for believing them.
February 17, 2003	Chemical Assault Paralyzes Capital	A massive dihydrogen oxide assault on Washington has caused widespread panic, but few deaths.
February 4, 2003	An Acceptable Risk The Oxymoron of Safe Space Travel	America’s emotional public must learn to let astronauts accept the risks inherent to space travel.
January 21, 2003	A Fate Worse Than Death	Liberal Americans won’t succeed in abolishing the death penalty until they learn to speak the language of the right.
January 7, 2003	Keeping the World Poor	America’s newly defensive posture is hindering the world’s poorest people from improving their lives.
December 24, 2002	A Dangerous Distraction	America’s focus on a war in Iraq is distracting the Bush administration from the far greater threat posed by North Korea.
December 10, 2002	Put Up or Shut Up	After abdicating responsibility for their own defense, European governments have no right to complain about being ignored by America's war planners.
November 26, 2002	The Least of Our Worries	Government incompetence keeps the Total Information Awareness Office from being a serious threat to America’s freedoms. Much greater risks exist with much simpler plans.
November 12, 2002	Avoiding the Doom of Irrelevance	Hope for the Democratic Party lies in criticizing Bush's betrayal of an open society.
October 29, 2002	Money Out the Window	Americans’ obsession with home ownership is creating gridlock, draining pocketbooks, and creating a real estate bubble.
October 15, 2002	Riding to the Buffet	Thousands of tiny biases discouraging exercise and encouraging the over consumption of fatty food are responsible for Americans’ expanding waistlines.
October 2, 2002	Hopeful Young Turkics	The generation coming of age in the former Soviet Union is free of baggage from the socialist system. They are the key to the future.
September 17, 2002	Bowling in Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan is no longer an isolated Soviet backwater.
September 3, 2002	The White Supremacist Show	People enjoy degrading reality television shows for the same reason white supremacists need people to hate.
August 20, 2002	Heating a Tepid Dissent The Case Against War on Iraq	The problem with Dubya's war on Iraq isn't his failure to sell it to America's Allies, it's the total lack of benefit to Americans.
August 6, 2002	Selling Scholarship	Increased commercialism has not tarnished the reputation of the Smithsonian Institution; the outright sale of scholarship has.
July 23, 2002	Democracy’s Evil Twin	Widespread stock ownership and falling stock prices are creating a destructive populism that could damage the American economy
July 9, 2002	Un-American Populism	God or no God, the American Pledge of Allegiance is antithetical to the values of its Founding Fathers.
June 25, 2002	Just Around the Corner The Belated Arrival of Video-on-Demand	Media companies have been dragging their feet on video-on-demand for over 20 years. New technologies can give viewers the power that broadcasters and studios have denied them.
June 11, 2002	Losing the War on Terror	The denial of civil liberties to an American suspect in a "dirty bomb" plot proves America's willingness to betray itself to further an unnecessary war.
May 28, 2002	Cherishing a Spectacular View	The Memorial Day concert on the Capitol lawn is a testament to the good fortune that allows the building to remain standing.
May 14, 2002	Cynicism Triumphant The Inevitable Fall of the Bush Presidency	Bush’s shameful support for the American farm bill shows how far he’s fallen from his promising start.
April 30, 2002	Segway to Obesity	Enthusiasm for the Segway scooter could turn an overweight America into an obese one.
April 16, 2002	Abandoning a Sinking Ship	World events are rapidly diverging the interests of Israel and the United States. It’s time for America to cut ties before it suffers the painful side effects of Israel’s doom.
April 2, 2002	Crossing Borders With Uncrossed T’s	The INS has a terribly inefficient system. Immigrants are the victims, not the villains.
March 19, 2002	Bankrolling an African Dictator	Mugabe’s victory is a defeat for all of southern Africa. And I’m partially to blame.
March 5, 2002	Waiting for Doomsday	It is only a matter of time before nuclear-armed terrorists take out Washington or some other city. Humanity must learn to understand and accept the consequences.
February 19, 2002	Afghan Columbine	John Lindh is an idealistic young Californian who doesn’t deserve to rot in an American jail. He deserves to rot in an Afghan jail.
February 5, 2002	More Evil Than Enron	Enron’s corruption has nothing to do with campaign finance reform. Politicians who say otherwise are trying to exploit public rage to serve their own agenda.
January 22, 2002	Italian Driving Lessons	Italy does not have the congestion and sprawl of America because drivers pay more to travel greater distances.
January 8, 2002	The End of Privacy	Technology has made the fight against America’s national ID card a lost cause.
December 25, 2001	Do Cry for Argentina	Argentina’s so-called experiment with capitalism was nothing of the kind. Hopes for positive reform will likely have to wait for a new generation.
December 11, 2001	Constitutional Rights: DENIED	Ashcroft’s secret military tribunals strip the rights from almost 18 million American residents.
November 27, 2001	Shameful Comparisons	Guatemala's growing liberties cast shame on declining freedom in the United States.
November 13, 2001	Irrational Destruction Air Safety in the Terrorist Age	Americans’ irrational fear of travel is causing much more economic damage than any terrorist group could achieve.
October 30, 2001	Fighting Hate with Lies	Cultural leaders are defending Islam for the good of America. It’s too bad they just can’t tell the truth.
October 16, 2001	A Dissident is Here	Dissenters who don't fall in line during wartime quickly become dissidents.
October 2, 2001	Fighting Terrorists, Like America	The United States cannot productively fight a war against terrorism without first deciding what the word means.
September 18, 2001	Going to War is Stupid	America's unity is allowing unsound plans for war to go unquestioned.
September 4, 2001	The Defense of Racism	Israelis should be the first to realize that Zionism, as practiced, is racist. Without reform, Israel eventually won't be around to defend itself.
August 21, 2001	Utterly Wrong	Ten years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it's not difficult to understand why so many Russians view its demise as a tragedy.
August 7, 2001	Imaginary Isolationism	Charges of American Isolationism are ridiculous. The internationalist elite must wake up and realize the world has changed.
July 24, 2001	Welcome to the Former Indonesia	The breakup of Indonesia has already begun. With luck, it might be a positive development.
July 10, 2001	It's the Kids, Stupid	As long as Americans continue to expect all students to perform at the same level, there is no prospect for true educational reform.
June 26, 2001	Worse Than Nothing Regulating Efficient SUVs	The feds think they can promote fuel conservation through even more regulation. So far, they've only made things worse.
June 12, 2001	Back in My Day Longing for the Dead Dot Coms	The craziest of the Dot Com companies deserved to die. I miss them, anyway.
May 29, 2001	Not Bad, For a President	George W. Bush has been doing some good things in the past few months. That's rare for a president, and its about to become even rarer.
April 22, 2001	Primitive Perspectives Information Age vs. Stone Age	People who doubt the power of the Internet revolution should spend some time in primitive societies.
March 11, 2001	Apartheid Unvanquished	As long as South Africa continues to maintain two distinct societies, it risks increased emigration and decline.
February 20, 2001	Tunisian Feminism	American feminists who complaign about their plight should get a good look at the Arab world.
February 6, 2001	Soaked by the Taxman Meet the Posterboy for Bush's Tax Cut	President Bush's tax cut plan isn't half-bad. Good chances for passage mean good news for deduction-deprived taxpayers like me.
January 23, 2001	Unrealistic Fantasies The Future of International Organizations	The presence of free-lance foreign policy agents like George Soros is good for the world. Keeping them away from government-funded bureaucracies is even better.
January 9, 2001	Crediting Idle Bullies Who's Responsible for the Economic Boom?	Politicians are not responsible for economic booms. At best, their bragging rights are limited to boasts of not screwing anything up.
December 26, 2000	Saved From the Hype The State of the Internet Economy	Reports of the death of the Internet economy are as overblown as last year's dot-com stock valuations.
December 12, 2000	Cracking the Monolith	The biggest untold story from America's election is the passage of ballot initiatives marking the beginning of the end for the war on drugs.
November 28, 2000	Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Wall	Mexico's incoming president Vicente Fox has proposed opening the border with the United States. If George W. Bush becomes president, he may be the man to do it.
November 14, 2000	Don't Be Bosnia	America's partisan squabbling over the election results is creating a dangerously polarized atmosphere that betrays the liberal ideals of the country's founding.
October 31, 2000	An Astronomical Failure	Efforts to commericalize space have been a complete failure. Without wasteful government spending, space industries will suffer a serious decline.
October 17, 2000	Terrorizing Words	The proper use of the word "terrorist" is one of the first casualties in the latest conflict in the Mideast.
October 3, 2000	Securing a Closed Society	The most famous American symbols in Washington, D.C. are under siege from security tyrants who intend to limit public access at the expense of historic splendor.
September 19, 2000	A Severe and Enviable Wrath	Massive protests against European fuel prices are an anti-tax activist's dream. Too bad the American tax structure doesn't cause as much public fury.
September 5, 2000	Making Jack a Dull Boy	Despite huge and rising incomes, Americans appear completely unwilling to give up part of their salaries in exchange for more free time.
August 22, 2000	Soul Search	Attempts to determine ethical limits for human cloning research will fire an exciting debate about the origins of the human soul.
August 8, 2000	Staged Embraces The Belated Arrival of Political Tolerance	America's major parties continue to exploit minorities for political gain, despite the development of a much more tolerant and sophisticated society.
July 25, 2000	Crack Pipe Prospects The Case Against D.C. Statehood	The movement for D.C. statehood is disingenuous. If voting rights is the real issue, far simpler solutions are readily available.
July 11, 2000	Pitiful Rivalries	The history of ethnic warfare in Northern Ireland provides a perfect example of just how pitifully futile tribal rivalries are in the modern world.
June 27, 2000	Profoundly Evil The Deadly Face Modern Migration	The British government is responsible for the deaths of 58 Chinese migrants. Efforts to push the blame off to human smugglers ignore the fundamental evils of restrictive immigration policies.
June 13,2000	Destructive Forces	The court-ordered breakup of Microsoft will do more harm than good. The software giant will lose its dominance from the power of the market, not the courtroom.
May 30, 2000	Barbarians at the Gate The Yokelization of the Suburbs	The country folks are taking over the suburbs. It's time for the city people to retreat.
May 16,2000	American Shantytown	A quarter century has passed since the fall of Saigon. It's time to evict the Vietnam veteran squatters from the National Mall.
May 2, 2000	Imaginative Bankruptcy The Ideological Void of Defense Policy	The proposed American missile defense system looks expensive. In reality, it is still one of the few worthwhile programs in a grossly bloated and misdirected American defense budget.
April 18, 2000	Breaking the Bank	Washington's anti-capitalist protesters are right to seek the closure of the World Bank and the IMF. Too bad they have no comprehension of why they should be eliminated.
April 4, 2000	Lessons of the Conquistadors	America's immigration policy is leading to nothing but terrible human rights violations. The government must choose between even more brutal measures and a relaxation of controls.
March 21, 2000	Concluding an Appalling Silence	The pope should apologize for the Vatican's reprehensible silence during the Nazi Holocaust. Immediately thereafter, he must condemn Israel's government for its repression of Christian and Muslim minorities.
March 7, 2000	Innocent Casualties, Irrational Fears	DoubleClick, Inc's retreat from building consumer profiles on the web is bad news. Targeted advertising should not be feared -- it's actually good for everybody.
February 22, 2000	Discarding Bad Apples The Role of Prison in a Meritocratic Society	The problem with the American prison system isn't that it locks up too many people, it's that it puts the wrong people there in the first place.
February 8, 2000	Fascist Etiquette Learning to Live With Your Right-Wing Neighbor	The European Union's punishment of Austria for electing Nazi sympathizers is a little too self-righteous. If Europeans were to examine their own governments' actions, they'd realize they're nothing but watered-down fascist hypocrites.
January 25, 2000	Injustice of the Peace Delegalizing Heterosexual Marriage	Extending legal marriage to homosexuals is a dumb idea. To make things fair, let's end public recognition of heterosexual marriages.
January 11, 2000	Global Enrichment The State of the World in 2100	Here are David G. Young's predictions for the next century. The big story will be just how wealthy those non-Europeans have become.
December 28, 1999	Calculated Risks Why I Chose to Fly on Y2K	Y2K hysteria is disgusting groupthink that must be rejected. I have weighed the risks and plan to spend the early hours of the year 2000 on a plane out of Mexico.
December 14, 1999	Anti-Government Instinct My Subversive Desire to Eat Raw Eggs	Big brother wants even more control over the eggs you eat. The proper response is to throw egg in his face.
November 30, 1999	The Frontline of Free Trade	Peru has shown that free trade and free markets create jobs and improve the environment. The WTO Protesters in Seattle ignore this evidence for their own selfish interests.
November 16, 1999	Foreign Substance The Growing Prominence of International Policy	As the government becomes ever more irrelevant to the domestic economy, the importance of foreign policy increases in the American presidential election.
November 2, 1999	Managed Hatred The Misguided Effort to Reform Health Care	Congress' "Patients Bill of Rights" is no solution to America's managed care woes. Patients will never be treated with respect until they pay for their own health care.
October 19, 1999	In Defense of Qu?bec	There is no reason the establishment of an independent Qu?bec can't be a positive development. Instead of standing in the way, North America's leaders should work to make the outcome as healthy as possible.
October 5, 1999	Engaging in Political Blasphemy	Pat Buchanan and Jesse Ventura should be rewarded for speaking with candor, not vilified. Whether or not you agree with their statements, their presence on the national stage nourishes healthy debate.
September 21, 1999	Meddlesome Tampering Europe's Self-Destructive Attack on the Internet	The European Union's regulatory designs on the Internet will only widen the technological gap between Europe and America.
September 7, 1999	An e-Transplant Prophecy	The organ donation system in the United States is on the brink of collapse. A shift to the widespread sale of human organs is inevitable. Internet technologies may hasten this revolution.
August 24, 1999	Flawed Methodologies Anticipating the Scientific Rule of Law	The legal profession's scientific ignorance is a dangerous threat to the rule of law. Reform must not stop with the use of scientific advisors. It must force adoption of scientific methods as an integral part of the judicial process.
August 10, 1999	Unimaginable Consequences America's Simple Choice for Gun Control	Lack of imagination and ignorance are at the very center of America's standoff over gun control. Americans must choose to accept a certain number of firearm deaths as the price of gun rights, or they must give up those rights.
July 27, 1999	Panic Attacks The Advancement of Hypochondria by the Press	Female-oriented news reports have created millions of hypochondriacs. The effects of the hysteria have begun to hurt American society.
July 13, 1999	Deficit Nostalgia	Taxes from rising American incomes are sending fuel into the fire of government spending, as taxpayers become ever more complacent.
June 29, 1999	First Do No Harm The Evil of Government-Sponsored Gambling	Instead of condescendingly protecting people from private Internet gambling, American governments should stop using gambling as a tool to exploit their poor and ignorant people.
June 15, 1999	Promoting Obnoxious 'Burbs How the Government Creates Gridlock and Sprawl	New laws to limit suburban sprawl will accomplish nothing as long as the government provides the free highways that fuel growth.
June 1, 1999	Spying an Unconscionable Reality	The Cox report on Chinese espionage against U.S. nuclear laboratories shows no practical effects. Those who say otherwise are exploiting the report for their own ends.
May 18, 1999	A Long Time Ago & The Flawed Vision of Star Wars	The dated technology and social structures in George Lucas' original film show just how far we've come since 1977.
May 4, 1999	Creating Violent Monsters The Deadly Effects of Parental Irresponsibility	Blame for the massacre at Columbine High School belongs to the teenage killers and their parents. People who focus on guns, video games, and Hollywood are guilty of shamefully manipulating a tragedy.
April 20, 1999	Compelling Sympathies The Emerging American Propaganda Machine	Reporters who criticize Serbia's shameless propaganda machine should focus first on the shortcomings of the American press corps.
April 6, 1999	The Loose Grip of Repression America's Secret Alliance with Serbia	The Clinton administration's adamant opposition to Kosovar independence is a huge boon to Milosovich. The time to reconsider the inviolability of sovereign states is long overdue.
March 23, 1999	Protectionism Out of Prosperity	The crisis in emerging markets has created the world's greatest clearance sale. America's misguided moves toward protectionism could spell trouble for the future.
March 9, 1999	Constitutional Apartheid America's New Political Underclass	The Supreme Court's Reno decision has stripped the constitutional rights of over 16 million U.S. residents. The victims, this time, were immigrants. Could you be next?
February 23, 1999	America Undefended The Waste of Intervening in Kosovo	Hundreds of millions of American lives are endangered by rogue nuclear missiles. So why is the defense budget going to an intervention in Kosovo rather than defending Americans?
February 9, 1999	Freedom of Access MindSpring's Betrayal of the Internet	The decision of MindSpring to close of the Nuremberg Files web site may herald the end of the Web's status as a refuge of unusual ideas.
January 26, 1999	Avenging an Evil Plan The Hastened Death of Social Security	Clinton's plan to save Social Security may make it easier for younger Americans to end the program.
January 12, 1999	Sacrifice upon the Altar of Democracy	New lawsuits against the gun industry show that U.S. juries are too democratic.
December 29, 1998	Dangerous Jargon	So what if Microsoft's systems aren't open?
December 15, 1998	Vamos Federales! Why the Federal Government Fears Puerto Rico	It shouldn't be surprising that Puerto Ricans don't want their island to be a state. Talk of creating an Enhanced Commonwealth should be taken seriously - for Puerto Ricans, other nations, and even American states.
December 1, 1998	Witnessing the Torture of Cambodia	Cambodian democracy has been postponed for another generation. The best hope is for stability to allow economic development.
November 3, 1998	The Demise of Canadian Culture	The free exchange of ideas is eroding national cultures. Canada's is the first to go.
October 20, 1998	Conjunction Junction, What Disfunction!	Amtrak's demise is long overdue. An alliance with environmentalists and mass-transit activists might kill it yet.
October 6, 1998	The $50 Million Carnival Ride	Senator Glenn's return to orbit highlights the worthlessness of the manned space program.
September 22, 1998	ADM: Supervillain to the World	Farm subsidies are a corrupt payoff for ADM's political donations.
September 8, 1998	The Crisis of Anti-Capitalism	Cronies and idealists have harmed the cause of capitalism. The absence of a credible opposition is dysfunctional and dangerous.
August 25, 1998	The Defeat of Anti-Tobacco	The anti-smoking crusade is dead.
August 11, 1998	Discarding the Bottom Feeders	Those Year 2000 Programmers are a bunch of bottom feeders. Let's trash them and their systems.
July 27, 1998	The Disposable President	White House and Capitol security measures should reflect the ease of replacing politicians.
July 14, 1998	Armed Gangs The Source of Police Brutality	The police are an untrustworthy armed gang. They deserve strict supervision.
June 30, 1998	Atomic Capitalism The End of Government's Nuclear Monopoly	The nuclear industry of the past is dead. Privitization may offer hope for the future.
June 16, 1998	Evading the Tibetan Pariah	Tibetan independence may be nice, but Tibetan freedom would be nicer.
June 2, 1998	The End of American Technology	The era of national technology is over. Borders cannot stop the flow of ideas.
May 18, 1998	Boom Times India's Atomic Attack on the Free Market	India's atomic tests threaten the future of global markets.
May 5, 1998	Organic Feces	People who say they want organic food deserve exactly that.
April 21, 1998	A Severe Shortage of Common Sense	Technology companies are responsible for the labor shortage, but it's no reason to keep out valuable immigrants.
April 7, 1998	The Rise of the Mommy State	Lowering the legal limit to 0.08 is a bad idea.
March 24, 1998	America Libre	The U.S. embargo against Cuba represses Americans. It's time to end it.
March 10, 1998	Your Friend the Monopolist	Bill Gates could use an image makeover. It's too bad that it's come to this.
February 24, 1998	Brewpubs and Atom Bombs Pick the Real Threat to American Security	It's time for the national defense budget to be used for national defense.
February 10, 1998	Waxman's Smoking Gun	Blame Rep. Waxman for the protection of tobacco companies at expense of smokers.
January 27, 1998	Pardoning "Schmucko" Who Cares If the President is a Liar?	President Clinton was elected on a platform of philandering and lying. Deal with it.
January 13, 1998	Defending the Unibomber	Forcing an insanity defense on the Unibomber is wrong. Let him defend his actions, if he can.
December 30, 1997	Denver's Folly How NOT to Build an Airport	Airport designers should learn from Denver's mistakes and create a more distributed transportation system.
December 16, 1997	Death in Siberia	Cities in the Russian Far East look terribly bleak. Some may not survive.
December 2, 1997	Vacationing in Fargo	Global warming could offer positive benefits. Don't let U.N. bureaucrats squash our future.
November 18, 1997	Booty Recall	Barbie's redesign to a more 'realistic' shape threatens the titillation of men and the health of women.
November 4, 1997	Sherman's Grudgematch The Coming Irrelevance of Monopolies	The U.S. Government's anti-trust case against Microsoft is a worthless artifact of the industrial era.
October 21, 1997	Censor This, Senator	Senator McCain's television rating plan smacks of censorship, but his efforts are futile.
October 7, 1997	Seeing the Whites of Their Lies The Social Security Budget Beachhead	Don't spend the budget surplus on Baby Boomers' retirement.
September 23, 1997	Consumers Vs. the Outhouse Economy	The debate over fast-track authority for NAFTA expansion ignores consumer rights.
September 9, 1997	Take Care of Your Own Kids	Taking care of kids should be the responsibility of parents, not taxpayers.
August 26, 1997	The E. Coli Cookbook	Irradiation could have kept the whole E. coli outbreak from happening. Hudson foods may not be innocent, but activists and an ignorant public are guilty as sin.
August 12, 1997	Marlboro Renaissance The Future Resurgence of Tobacco	The failed anti-smoking movement is only a fad. Smoking will live on.
July 29, 1997	Burying Hitler's Ghosts Celebrating the Millennium without Pol Pot	Pol Pot's removal from power symbolizes the end of a century of statist experimentation..
July 15, 1997	Privatizing America the Beautiful	Don't tax people to retire the national debt. Sell federal land.
July 1, 1997	The War to Remember World War II	The proposed World War II memorial glorifies repression.
June 17, 1997	Saving the Planet with Clones	Cloning technology will force cultural changes.

Editorials: (a 20th Century Phenomenon)

Date	Title	Abstract
February 23, 1999	Erection 2000	I think I've heard quite enough about Bob Dole's sex life. For the sake of his wife's campaign, maybe he should just pipe down.
December 19, 1998	The Disgrace of a President	Now that he has been impeached, Clinton is irrevocably disgraced.
November 25, 1998	The Adolescent Nation	Al Gore's spat with Malaysia shows just how immature the country is.
September 17, 1998	We Don't Need You, Mr. President	Congress must force Clinton to resign.
August 17, 1998	Subpoena His Ass	The President has defied the rule of law. This is grounds for impeachment.
April 30, 1998	Resuscitating the Boogeyman	Think the war on tobacco is bad? A new war on drugs could be worse.
March 18, 1998	Disemboweling Your Friends	Clinton's rape of Kathleen Willey's reputation deserves his resignation.
January 28, 1998	Prune Juice in Florida Your Tax Dollars at Work	Clinton's plan to 'save Social Security first' screws Generation Xers.
January 8, 1988	Welcome, Clone	Dr. Seed's plan to clone humans is a welcome move.
December 15, 1997	Mr. Happy Comes to Dinner	Let's be sneaky about irradiated beef.
November 4, 1997	Getting Porked	How dare Senators override Clinton's line-item veto!
October 5, 1997	The Swarm of the Savior Bees	Groups of religious men aren't too fun. Bring on the babes.
September 26, 1997	Sharpen the Tax Man's Hatchet	Don't let the Senate make the IRS your friend. Collecting taxes should be a dirty business.
September 1, 1997	Royal Irresponsibility	Don't blame photographers for Princess Diana's death.
August 3, 1997	Screw the Single Guy	The 1997 budget deal shifts the tax burden to working singles.

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