In United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries, the Supreme Court decided that the postal service is exempt from antitrust liability; the ruling is disturbing.

The diverse goals of a public enterprise can lead it to act more aggressively toward its rivals than a private enterprise would.

Free New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer from federal interference--while limiting his authority to the state that elected him.

The most interesting phenomenon on Russia's literary scene today is the popularity of the Erast Fandorin mysteries by Grigoriy Shalvovich Chkhartishvili, who writes as Boris Akunin.