In 2013, Mike Hallatt was banned from every Trader Joe’s in the United States for stocking his car with their goods and reselling them in his Vancouver spinoff store, Pirate Joe’s. Trader Joe’s does not have any stores in Canada, yet their good...
Many Americans take clean air for granted, but it is the product of detailed federal regulations that weigh the economic costs of reducing pollution against the benefits of cleaner air to human health. Recently, however, the Environmental Protection ...
After 43 days, the longest US government shutdown in history ended on November 12, 2025. As of late February 2026, a partial government shutdown remains in effect. Its fiscal and social consequences are well-documented: The disruption of critical fed...
Politicians are in many ways the perfect cultural paradox. We elect them to be our representatives, and this elevation seems to incorporate the expectation that they will be paragons of all we consider virtuous. And yet, at the same time (and indeed,...
Politicians are in many ways the perfect cultural paradox. We elect them to be our representatives, and this elevation seems to incorporate the expectation that they will be paragons of all we consider virtuous. And yet, at the same time (and indeed,...
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with which it was accompanied. I cited the fact that, beginning in early 2014, the Bank of Japan would begin buying gove...
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with which it was accompanied. I cited the fact that, beginning in early 2014, the Bank of Japan would begin buying gove...
Sexual assault is suddenly not okay. It has taken years of inappropriate conduct for rape and abuse to finally be brought to national attention. While growing widespread attention to sexual assault is a global phenomenon, the United States Military i...
Sexual assault is suddenly not okay. It has taken years of inappropriate conduct for rape and abuse to finally be brought to national attention. While growing widespread attention to sexual assault is a global phenomenon, the United States Military i...
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside from what they buy in the grocery store. Various advocacy groups, however, are pushing for increased transpa...
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside from what they buy in the grocery store. Various advocacy groups, however, are pushing for increased transpa...
If you’re in college and you’re reading this, you probably know someone with an unpaid internship this summer. You might even have one yourself. And entering a competitive job market in a slow economy, what can you expect? Sure, you might be doin...
If you’re in college and you’re reading this, you probably know someone with an unpaid internship this summer. You might even have one yourself. And entering a competitive job market in a slow economy, what can you expect? Sure, you might be doin...
In 2000 Chalmers Johnson, a professor of history at UC San Diego, famously co-opted the CIA term “blowback” in order to explain the negative consequences of America’s long tradition of foreign interventionism. “World politics in the twenty-f...
In 2000 Chalmers Johnson, a professor of history at UC San Diego, famously co-opted the CIA term “blowback” in order to explain the negative consequences of America’s long tradition of foreign interventionism. “World politics in the twenty-f...
“Gentlemen do not read others’ mail.” –Henry L. Stimson. “One might expect Europeans to protest loudly — if only to appease their offended publics — but then revert to type and do little concrete in response. After all, America&...
“Gentlemen do not read others’ mail.” –Henry L. Stimson. “One might expect Europeans to protest loudly — if only to appease their offended publics — but then revert to type and do little concrete in response. After all, America&...
Despite all post-electoral promises to the contrary, Congressional and state Republicans last week reverted to their roots. Once again, they conjured voodoo biology and bloviated about their concern for the safety of women to justify blatantly uncons...
Despite all post-electoral promises to the contrary, Congressional and state Republicans last week reverted to their roots. Once again, they conjured voodoo biology and bloviated about their concern for the safety of women to justify blatantly uncons...
This week, President Obama delivered a speech in which he outlined new measures to combat climate change. These include reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted by power plants, a greater emphasis on the dangers of climate chang...
This week, President Obama delivered a speech in which he outlined new measures to combat climate change. These include reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted by power plants, a greater emphasis on the dangers of climate chang...
It still remains unclear whether the time for immigration reform has come. But after the Senate on Monday voted 67-27 to proceed on Republican Senators Bob Corker and John Hoeven’s amendment to the bi-partisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill...
It still remains unclear whether the time for immigration reform has come. But after the Senate on Monday voted 67-27 to proceed on Republican Senators Bob Corker and John Hoeven’s amendment to the bi-partisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill...
Okay. So. It has been several weeks since I asked all of you out there on the Internet what the Next Big Question shall be. To sum up, my previous column asked: “after marriage equality has been decided, what will the next major question be?...
Okay. So. It has been several weeks since I asked all of you out there on the Internet what the Next Big Question shall be. To sum up, my previous column asked: “after marriage equality has been decided, what will the next major question be?...
Forgetting the Orwellian aspects of the NSA surveillance program (and you shouldn’t), this story has been pretty fun. Some have labeled NSA leaker Edward Snowden a hero, while House Speaker John Boehner called him a traitor. Rand Paul announ...
Forgetting the Orwellian aspects of the NSA surveillance program (and you shouldn’t), this story has been pretty fun. Some have labeled NSA leaker Edward Snowden a hero, while House Speaker John Boehner called him a traitor. Rand Paul announ...