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Web 2.0 Job: Virtual Goods Broker

Playspan dubs itself “The Game Industry’s First Publisher-Sponsored In-Game Commerce Network.” What does that mean? To put it more simply, welcome to Wall Street…

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Lee Bollinger’s Cynical Posturing

The Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal aptly describes the cynical posturing of Lee Bollinger, Columbia University’s president, who first invited the oppressive Iranian despot Mahmoud…

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Is Stalinism catching on?

A startling Reuters article today was titled “Gorbachev warns Russians against rise of Stalinism.” As reported, the former Soviet president made his…

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D.C. Gun Control Inconsistency

The District of Columbia is currently defending Washington, D.C.’s gun ban before the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller. It argues that the…

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Hummers and Hybrids

The Hummer is the bane of the greens’ existence. It is big and loud, so it makes an easy target for those so keen on…

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Plastic Ode to Freedom

“Rock ‘n’ roll is about rebellion” may be one of the world’s most tired cliches, but in the case of the Czech art-rock outfit Plastic…

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Supreme Court Mulls Voter ID Laws

You can’t board a plane or enter many courthouses without having some form of photo identification. But you can vote in many states without identification…

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SCHIP Tax Increase Looms

Congress may be on the verge of increasing tobacco taxes to expand the federal SCHIP health care program so that it covers not only low-income…

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Dis-RESPECTing the NLRB

Organized Labor made its intention clear to reverse the National Labor Relations Board's "Kentucy River" decision, which clarified the definition of "supervisor" in the context…

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News Flash: Beijing is still there

The BBC reports that despite some government prodding — though subtle by Chinese standards — Beijing drivers largely ignored “National No Car Day,” China’s…

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And now for some musical venting

Yellow Day Brigade is a punk band that takes a decidedly unfashionable pro-freedom political stance, or as they call it, “Music consistent with the…

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Schwarzenegger: False Prophet

If you happen to catch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech to the U.N. on climate change today, please remember as you listen that the governator is full…