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Victims of global warming or individuals who expect to be victims “from beachfront property owners to asthmatics…would be able to sue the federal government or private businesses over greenhouse gas emissions under a little-noticed provision slipped into the House climate bill.” Prepare for the late-night TV commercials from the climate change chasers.

As Alan Greenspan taught us, the extreme situations where “men are so pinched that they are deciding not to replace underpants…’is almost always a prescient, forward impression that here comes trouble.’” If that’s true, be very afraid: study projects a 2.3 percent drop in men’s underwear sales. Sam Stein had too much fun writing this.

It should have been easy for Democrats to connect depleted 401(k) accounts and lost home equity with the buccaneers of Wall Street who supposedly prompted the panic. The public, after all, has been whipped up in furor at the masters of the universe who bankrupted portfolios as they walked away with multimillion-dollar bonuses. We now […]

AMERICA’S dysfunctional health care financing system needs to be reformed. But the goal should not be universal coverage. Reform should simply aim to make health insurance more affordable and portable. Universal coverage has so dominated the health care discussion that even some Republicans have tried to devise market-friendly ways to achieve it. The case for […]