Laws exist to protect us, right? Supposedly. But I cannot help but feel that while our system of law safeguards our money and property, it simultaneously corrupts our character.

Two cases in point:

A few years ago, I was driving a friend from Boston to New York and got into...

I believe in science. I do not rely on the fuzzy feelings of my heart or the experiences of my friends and colleagues to tell me what is true. I believe in double-blind testing, sampling error, and control groups. Peer-reviewed journals turn me on. So when I was sitting...

Our government just doesn't get the Internet. And that really is a shame, because it makes grassroots web culture like Internet radio vulnerable to the whims of fools. On July 15th, unless it is overturned, a rate hike approved by the Copyright Royalty Board -- a lesser known group of...

Female athletes like Amanda Beard, who just posed for Playboy, can't win. It's not just because the media only portrays them in extremes: men or sex objects. But those who decry decisions like Beard's in the name of women's rights are missing the point.

Amanda Beard is 25 and on...