Lydia DePillis says Washington, D.C. needs a fiscally-​​​​conservative alternative to the lefty D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, the only think tank focused on the city’s local government. Are participants in marathons and other event-​​​​based fundraisers really donors in the same sense as direct-​​​​marketing donors? Tom Belford says no. Pork Barrel Barbecue has released a barbecue-​​​​scented fragrance. Really. […]

Photo: Flickr/​​Jason Lawrence How a cab medallion system is counterproductive: it introduces artificial scarcity and distorts drivers’ incentives. Russ Roberts points out that Japan’s fuel shortages are no mystery and that the solution isn’t more regulation. Shortages are a result of price controls that keep a scare product artificially inexpensive. Some fancy CSS work by Josh […]

The spending freeze; neoconservatism; Citizens United; and Conan O’Brien.