D.C. Center Monument to Congress — and Pork
The U.S. Capitol's new visitors' center, which opened today, came in almost nine times over its original cost estimate.
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Market Failure
Two professors explain why small government, loose regulations and an over-reliance on markets eventually cost taxpayers.
The Watchdogs of Academia
A call on the professorial classes to help check abuses of governmental power. And to start confronting the Alberto Gonzaleses of the world — before they wreak havoc.
The Catch-22 of Welfare to Work
The government provides billions of dollars in child care subsidies to help move welfare recipients into the work force. Here's the catch: To get the subsidies, people transitioning off welfare need to have a job already.
Britain’s UFOs (Uncovered Factual Objects) Sighted
The U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act used to pry the lid off a festering document horde from Britain's own version of Project Blue Book.
Should the Government Make Us Happy?
In Europe and elsewhere, governments are using ideas from the new science of well-being to try to make citizens more content. Will America follow their lead?