Pot shots

The war in Iraq is bad enough. But the war on drugs has lasted longer and cost more money and more American lives.

Posted on April 21, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

Welcome to America, President Hu

He's getting just the right welcome: a 21-gun salute at the White House, dinner at Bill Gates's house, and protesters everywhere.

Posted on April 21, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

Puritanism is bad business

It is laughable to think a pharmacy wants to discourage the sale of condoms.

Posted on April 20, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

The greatest story never told

US media downplay the great news about declining death rates.

Posted on April 20, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

The wisdom of the Mart

Congratulations to the Estonian winner of the 2006 Milton Friedman prize for advancing liberty.

Posted on April 20, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

Let parents choose

Polly Toynbee writes as if the children belong to her, or to the state.

Posted on April 18, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

Stalin’s songbird

The New Yorker didn't quite find room to detail Seeger's long habit of following the Stalinist line.

Posted on April 14, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

The next foreign aid failure

Gordon Brown is promising £8.5bn to fund schooling in developing countries. If only it would work.

Posted on April 13, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

Peru’s nationalist – or racist – frontrunner

Liberal reporters just can't bring themselves to describe a leftist as a racist, even when accurately describing his views.

Posted on April 12, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

New and exclusive

America is a 'nation of legal immigrants', but that's because historically there have usually been no restrictions on immigration.

Posted on April 11, 2006  Posted to The Guardian

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