Wagster Speaks

It may be premature to write the obituary of health care reform today, but it’s hard to deny that it is bleeding, panting and prone. Who wa...

My major beef against the GOP is that it is the major purveyor of fiscal infantilism in our country. What's the standard line? "...

Nathan Myhrvold appeared last week on Fareed Zakaria's GPS making a compelling argument for geo-engineering in general, and one scheme ...

President Obama is currently pondering the most difficult decision of his young administration: our country’s future direction in Afghanista...

In this recent op-ed David Brooks contrasts Bentham, an arrogant central planner, with Hume, a humbler fellow who prefers decentralized, ma...

I know I’m not supposed to say this. I’m supposed to say “the public option is non-negotiable! No public option, no health reform!” I real...

A couple of days ago, Paul Krugman wrote a widely cited post where he argued that the Geithner plan would amount to a huge subsidy for bank...