Doug Bandow

“The biggest surprise of my life was freedom,” explained Angela Merkel after taking over as Germany’s Chancellor. “I expected the…

Many Americans live in the world as it ought to be. We all ought to be millionaires. We all ought…

God’s Politics: A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America By Jim Wallis (HarperSanFrancisco, 384 pages, $24.95) After John…

A broken clock is right twice a day, it has long been said. So it seems to be with California…

Gasoline costs too much in almost everyone’s opinion. President George W. Bush is urging Americans to drive less. Other politicians…

For the first time in more than 30 years, a president has nominated for the Supreme Court someone without prior…

The House Republican leadership must go. Even if that means the GOP loses control of Congress. Democrats spent decades practicing…

Ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo want independence, but even the Europeans don’t believe they’ve earned it. Javier…

Congress is wrangling over a federal energy bill filled with pork. But budget waste has garnered less attention than one…

Drugs offer incredible medical benefits. Everyone wants to take them. Drugs cost a lot to develop. No one wants to…