Media and Culture
The Entrepreneurship of Glee
It is not the band members — composers and performers — who usually object to being covered and remixed.
Clarence Darrow Puts the State on Trial
You always remember books that change your mind, because these books are so few and far between, writes Doug French.
How Dinosaurs Were Made Extinct
It all began in the late Triassic Period, when the government decided to come to the aid of cold-blooded creatures everywhere. The Body Temperature Stabilization Act subsidized cold-blooded animals at the expense of warm-blooded, eliminating all federal taxes on the former and doubling them on the latter.
Economic Lessons from the Pawn Shop
There are many great shows like these that feature basic economic principles.
Robert Bidinotto and the Objectivist Subculture
Rand's heroes weren't generals or people in law enforcement; they were engineers, inventors, designers — people focused on what they could do with their lives.
Planet of the Taxpayers
The movie gets many things wrong, but it is true that a form of slavery exists and thrives today, all over the world.
Conjecture and History
All history is partly conjectural, because our knowledge is always limited.
Welcome to Needle Park
No one wants a needle park in his or her neighborhood, but that is exactly what prohibition brings.