Wasting millions on buying newfangled equipment, storing it for some years, and then junking it unused? Must be the TSA!

Tim Geither did not fool the Chinese. He seems to have fooled most Americans though.

Yelling STOP is not good enough.

East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet... minds.

The world's great and good have criticized the Sri Lankan army for killing civilians during their civil war, but how do you end a war without breaking eggs?

Environmental regulations tend to make the environment worse in other ways, at great expense.

England scraps freedom of speech for those who oppose Muslim violence.

A national health system is not the same as actual health care.

Universal health insurance will make it very hard to actually see a doctor anytime soon.

Government services for some people costing too much? Kill 'em - well, "encourage" them to die.