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The Media Doesn't Get Apple

Pieces like this Newsweek one come out every so often. They compare today's Apple to the Apple that lost against Microsoft, insisting that Apple...

Taking Stock of the Spill

Apparently, Obama's BP Oil Spill performance has been a total disaster. Just check the news. He's weak, aloof, unemotive, Maureen Down explains. "Mr. President,...

Do Conservatives "Just Hate All Taxes"?

In a generally well-written article, HPR staff writer Will Rafey recently addressed the need to raise the gas tax “to make the private cost...

What Politicians Can Learn From Imperfection

“Nobody’s perfect.” That's what Detriot Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga told reporters after umpire Jim Joyce blew a call at first base and cost Galarraga...

"Public Employees who Make a Lot of Money" Journalism

I'm sure this genre has been around as long as some public employees have made large salaries, but I've noticed a couple of recent...

Drill, Baby, Drill: Searching for Nuance

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,there has been no shortage of finger-pointing. There's plenty of blame to go around, no doubt,...

Racial discrimination in jury selection still widespread

Thinking about my post from last night, I realized how strange you might think me for assuming that there's greater risk to liberty from...

The New Miranda Decision and Souter's Harvard Speech

With the predictable 5-4 lineup, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that, in order to exclude from evidence incriminating statements to the police, criminal suspects...

Icing Bros

James Taranto at the WSJ writes Best of the Web Today and occasionally adds a ruthlessly mocking section titled "Everything is Spinning Out of...

Memorial Day Reading

This afternoon, I came across George Orwell's "Revenge is Sour" in a collection of his essays.  Originally published in the Tribune in November 1945,...