Why The Insanity Defense Is Insane

Andrea Yates, charged with killing her five young children, is attempting to prove that she was insane at the time and is therefore not responsible. “Insane” in this context is defined by our legal theorists simply as “not knowing right from...

Blame It On Rio

It was ten years ago this spring that President George H.W. Bush took a step that began a slide down the long path toward energy rationing. It was barely ten days ago that his son, President George W. Bush, took an equally large stride in that unfortunate direction....

Little Caesars in the Senate

A “little Caesar,” before it referred to a pizza delivery mascot, used to refer to a petty official — or gangster — with delusions of grandeur, the type who seeks power for the pleasure of abusing it. The Enron investigation is making it clear...

Patriots Taxed by Taxes

American companies are incorporating into Bermuda to lower their taxes. Some people suggest that this growing trend is unpatriotic. In reality, these companies are acting in the spirit of America’s original patriots. The New York Times reported1 that these...