Summary Justice
Five Somali pirates drowned at sea while trying to get their hands on a $3 million ransom that had been dropped for them, AP reports. Crime doesn’t pay. Tee…
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Hurricane Hank to Strike D.C. One More Time
With just 11 days remaining in the awful Bush administration, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is moving forward with plans to access the second $350 billion installment of the $700 billion…
Energy Czarina Browner Belongs to the Socialist International
With all the accusations that have been hurled at President-elect Barack Obama that he is a political radical, it’s not surprising that he has tried to present a moderate image…
MoveOn.org Wants a Depression
MoveOn.org sent out an aggressively worded email today urging its supporters to back the economically crazy plans of the incoming Obama administration. It also noted that MoveOn members contributed to left-wing…
PETA’s “Sea Kitten” Campaign
The folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have launched a new campaign to rename fish. Instead, they argue, we should call them “sea kittens.” Giving…
The Romanoffs Live — in DC
The last real czar, Nicholas II of Russia (family name: Romanoff) * * * * * With all the czars running around…
How to Spend $178 Billion in 86 Days
I just went to the Brookings Institution to hear Treasury assistant secretary Neel Kashkari describe his success in organizing the federal government’s bailout program, otherwise known as the Troubled…
Obama Still Asking for Money
Twelve days out from Inauguration Day, the Obama campaign is still asking supporters for money. The campaign’s latest email solicitation makes the startling claim that the upcoming inauguration will be the…
Inauguration War against the Automobile
Authorities to Americans wanting to visit the nation’s capital for President-elect Obama’s inauguration: DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! A Washington Post blog reports that draconian, police-state prohibitions on automobiles on bridges…
Messy Divorce
An estranged husband is seeking the return of the kidney he donated to his wife, Katherine Mangu-Ward reports on Reason’s Hit & Run blog.