Evidence suggests recycling is an expensive feel-good gesture by guilt-ridden rich people.

There’s reason to fear that well-meaning proponents of a carbon tax are unwittingly delivering a new source of revenue to the political class in Washington.

The Nanny State’s latest salvo in the war against modern civilization.

Correcting friends led astray.

Government management proves inadequate yet again.

Big government is the cause of corruption. Reducing government is the only solution.

The not-so-hidden agenda of environmental extremists.

The WSJ provides the sordid details of a bureaucratic injustice.

I believe that protecting the environment is both a good thing and a legitimate function of government. But I’m rational. So while I want limits on pollution, such policies should be determined by cost-benefit analysis. Banning automobiles doubtlessly would reduce pollution, for instance, but the economic cost would be catastrophic. On the other hand, it’s good to […]

When I started writing about public policy, I never realized that …um…human waste would be a frequent topic. *But we examined (not too closely!) the story of a Postal Service employee who defecated in someone’s yard and got to keep his job. *We wondered why the Greek government wanted stool samples from entrepreneurs starting online companies. *We mocked the […]