Kevin Williamson offers some good snark on federal regulations and the token efforts to clean them up.

James Otteson explains how the welfare state undermines self-​​government.

Government is growing ever more intrusive and arrogant, George Will argues in an important new article. And judges have enabled it to do so.

How government interventions in the free market have promoted auto-​​oriented urban design over denser, more walkable forms.

Even if Kate Masur is right that partisanship and race define the politics of granting representation to the District, Congress still has an obligation to uphold the Constitution. Congress lacks the power to grant the District representation by legislation alone.

“[D]emocracy will have to learn that it must pay for its own follies and that it cannot draw unlimited checks on the future to solve its present problems.” —F.A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty

This has to rank among the better political ads of 2010:

Rand Paul tries his hand at a new conservative fusionism in Kentucky; a new budget simulator; making transit pretty and whether to subsidize it; and why conservatives should engage in urban policy debates.

Almost two years old now, Saturday Night Live’s definitive takedown of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann stands the test of time.

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul eloquently defends capitalism and free enterprise in his Republican primary victory speech: