Celebrate July Fourth (at any time) the rockabilly way, by listening to me  -- Todd Seavey, author of Libertarianism for Beginners -- inte...

•Careful observers will have noticed I have four favorite topics on this blog, basically sci-fi, music, science, and politics. But ha...

Professors are often idiots (never mind that obscure faux-black professor in the news today: prestigious universities used to give awards ...

It’s good to commemorate the past, as people are doing today, but the future matters as well. Time and again, people assume big, old insti...

1. Camilo Gomez informs me there’s a dinky Democratic Freedom Caucus within the Democratic Party (including one member of the St. Louis C...

1. If you want to be a good mom like mine, you don’t necessarily want to follow the example of Hillary Clinton , who has reportedly lied a...

May will be a “Month of Economics” on this blog, and, after all, despite the temptation to respond in kind when one encounter...