Thomas Jefferson

Food for thought from José Andrés: Food for thought

The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is as important as any other issue.(2)

Sovereign debt, rescues and QE: Fin de siecle

Events seem to be marching at a very rapid pace(21)

Estate tax and the founding fathers: You can't take it with you

Christine O'Donnell has it upside down on estate tax(33)

Lexington: The perils of constitution-worship

One of the guiding principles of the tea-party movement is based on a myth(269)

Health care and the states: Sound and fury

Virginia bans mandatory health insurance. Does it matter?(46)

Who cools their coffee in a saucer?

Abolish the Senate, sow its chambers with salt(80)

Who'll save us from the pagans?

The religious right stirs again(26)

A special report on the rich: Paying the bill

The rich will become a little poorer. That may be no bad thing, but beware a backlash(13)

In God's name, November 3rd

Bagehot: On optimism

The Tories have seized what may be the most precious commodity in British politics(0)

The etiquette of bribery: How to grease a palm

Corruption has its own elaborate etiquette(0)

Rebranding liberalism

Does liberalism need new ideas, or just new packaging?(1)

Classical liberalism on the ballot

<p>Voters get a chance to expand or reign in big government<br /></p>(0)

Lexington: Pursuing happiness

It's the pursuit, rather than the end-product, that makes Americans so American(0)

eBay’s bid to stop the injunctions

America’s Supreme Court is hearing a case between eBay and MercExchange, a small tech firm, that will determine whether patent-holders can expect to win injunctions against companies that appropriate their intellectual property as a matter of course. With luck, the court will grant judges greater flexibility in ruling how patent-infringers should make amends(0)

American democracy: The people's road

Intellectual property: Monopolies of the mind

The world's patent systems need reform so that innovation can be properly rewarded(0)

Lewis and Clark: “We proceeded on”

Why the Lewis and Clark expedition stays in American myth, as well as history(0)

Lexington: Graven images

The perils of worshipping the Founding Fathers and—far worse—living congressmen(0)

American history: Dear Mr President

Conservatives and liberty

America’s Republicans and Britain’s Tories say they favour freedom and oppose intrusive government. But do they?(0)

Who owns the knowledge economy?

A survey of agriculture and technology: Biting the silver bullet

Poor countries need to boost their agriculture through new thinking, not just new gadgets(0)

Millennium issue: The Second of July

Millennium issue: The frontier: Heading west