United States

Magazine articles on politics and society in the United States.

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PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Who's in Charge? While the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees many technical aspects of the Net, the U.S. government made clear that it will continue to provide oversight of ICANN.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 John C. Dvorak	Disserving the Public The United States has dropped to 16th in the world in per capita broadband deployment, and we can expect to slip further. While there is local interest in improving the situation, state and federal officials will make sure it doesn't happen.
Reason August 2005 Peter Bagge	A Menace to Society A satirical cartoon depicting sick people who smoke pot to get better, and our government's tireless efforts to stop them.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	What CNOOC Leaves Behind Despite the protectionist rhetoric from U.S. politicians over the CNOOC bid, there's already a framework in place to adequately assess whether such purchases will serve America's economic interest.
Geotimes August 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Shuttle Repair Rundown The repair of the shuttle during a space walk Wednesday marked a first in the history of NASA. Astronaut Steve Robinson smoothly removed material found protruding from between the tiles on the belly of Discovery.
Reason September 2005 Jacob Sullum	Rant: ID Card Trick Can we count on the DMV to foil terrorists? If the government can't reliably distinguish those who should get ID from those who shouldn't, how can we believe it will be worth the trouble?
Reason September 2005	The Iconoclast Salman Rushdie discusses free speech, fundamentalism, America's place in the world, and his new essay collection Step Across This Line.
Reason September 2005 Julian Sanchez	All Happy Families From a civil libertarian perspective, it's clear enough why the unequal treatment of gay parents is objectionable: The human desire for family isn't exclusive to heterosexuals, and attempts to prevent gays from raising families both stigmatize them and threaten to deprive them of an important component of a full life.
Reason September 2005 Kerry Howley	Locking Up Life-Saving Drugs U.S. prescription laws make us sicker and poorer because the system that puts drugs over the counter is driven by profits and patents.
Reason September 2005 Kerry Howley	Self-Medicating in Burma The U.S. is the only country in the world that divides drugs into two rigid categories of prescription-only and over-the-counter. Most other developed nations allow for a third class of drugs to be dispensed by a pharmacist, and developing nations typically do not have prescription requirements or fail to enforce them.
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