Timothy Noah

The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat.

If you want to slow medical inflation in the private sector, it makes sense to expand the government's investment in private health care.

Why does Medicare have such difficulty accommodating a cut - no, wait, a trim to its annual spending increase - of two measly percentage points? Two words: baby boom.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.