For half a century, Washington has subsidized road socialism and stranded us all.
William S. Lind: What’s so conservative about federal highways?
Glen Bottoms: Keeping costs under control
Christopher B. Leinberger: Private development can fund public infrastructure.
John Norquist: Why cities still matter
John Robert Smith: Saving downtownsNew Jersey Slasher
Michael Brendan Dougherty
New Jersey slasher Chris Christie
Inflating War
Thomas DiLorenzo
Fiat currency is the fuel of military misadventures.
Obama’s Gitmo
Chase Madar
Gitmo hasn’t gone away.
Wards of the State
Dermot Quinn
Hilaire Belloc’s prophecy
When Red States Get Blue
Patrick J. Deneen
What’s the matter with Connecticut?
Prole Tax
John Derbyshire
Teatime with Orwell
Paper Dragon
E. Wayne Merry
Overselling China
How to Lose an Empire
Eamonn Fingleton
Turkish lessons
Arts & Letters
Thought Leader
Scott McConnell
Running Commentary: The Contentious Magazine That Transformed the Jewish Left Into the Neoconservative Right by Benjamin BalintDown on the Upside
Brendan O’Neill
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley
Sounds of Silence
Peter Wood
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik
Columns
Bailouts for Bureaucrats 
Patrick J. BuchananThe Troubles I’ve Seen
Stuart Reid
Up Against the Wall
Bill Kauffman
Front Lines 
Obama Declares War on Oil; Buried Treasure in Afghanistan; Making New Friends in the Mideast
Deep Background 
Prince Bandar’s Coup; How We Built Israel’s Bomb