What are we to make of the news that career State Department staffers are refusing to go to Iraq?

Why such a difference between the handling of the California fires, vs Katrina in New Orleans?

In recent years, the dream of home ownership has gotten farther and farther out of reach, as house prices have escalated. According to a recent study, the primary cause is excessive zoning laws - that is, government over-regulation.

Is American citizenship of such little concern that we don't mind it being awarded as the result of a crime?

The best way of removing bad laws is to enforce them absolutely.

What's more important to the bureaucracy - fighting the war, or keeping the paperwork up to date?

To Michael Moore and company, being good to the poor is a human obligation; and those that disagree must be compelled. And what legitimizes this obligation? Because it is "simple".

Brazil serves as an object lesson in how government incompetence - not greed, not really bribery even, certainly not totalitarianism, just simple incompetence - can make life difficult on an otherwise free and vibrant economy.