February 2, 2009
Reality and the Postmodern Wink
The street I have lived on for seventeen years is suddenly alive with children. It is quite a delightful place to be...
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January 29, 2009
Military Robots and the Laws of War
More than just conventional wisdom, it has become almost a cliché to say that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq...
October 21, 2008
Petrodollar Science
Oil executives are rarely assigned to establish universities. But when the unlikely call arrives, some hardly pause to...
October 21, 2008
People of the Screen
What is lost in the switch from paper to pixel? By Christine Rosen
October 21, 2008
Fixing American Health Care
Of all major sectors of the economy, health care might be the most complicated from a policy perspective. Already...
October 21, 2008
Health Care with a Conscience
Catholic hospitals have a long and rich history in the United States. By 1872, there were already seventy-five such...
October 8, 2008
Ten Years of “Death with Dignity”
The Oregon Death with Dignity Act (ODDA), which permits physicians to write a prescription for lethal drugs to...
August 13, 2008
Conservatives, Climate Change, and the Carbon Tax
On the cost of thinking impractically about potential risk
August 13, 2008
Donated Generation
When Eric Schwartzman went in for a medical exam six months before his wedding, he didn’t expect to hear he was...
August 13, 2008