Re the buying of Ben Nelson, Glenn Reynolds asks, "So what exactly was different about what Rod Blagojevich did?" I have two answers: one is that Blago never actually finalized a deal. The other answer, though, is one he had just quoted in the same...

Harvey Silverglate blogged at Volokh last week about his new book aimed at vague laws and overreaching federal prosecutors.

This guy says the problem with taxpayer-paid-for health care is that it forces us to subsidize others' health-impairing decisions. I've more often pointed to the flip side of that coin — that, if we are to avoid subsidizing others' health-impairing...

Jacob Sullum on Obama's rhetoric:"There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits…and investing in job creation and economic growth," President Obama said last week. "This is a false choice." During the same speech, he...

The fine does seem a bit much, but if his English teachers saw this, I can't imagine they would of thought, "Where doing good!"