Liberty
Car salesmen who don’t care
James Lileks writes with more style and humor than just about anyone. He’s one of those writers other writers quote and say “I wish I had written that” —literally. He…
James Lileks
American journalist
Liberty
Who decides what’s fair?
James Lileks writes in the latest print edition of National Review about the call for a return of the federal government’s Fairness Doctrine for broadcasters. … [F]ans were quick to…
Energy
Good for thee, not for me: pet edition
James Lileks muses at National Review about climate scolds’ latest dubious pronouncement. PERHAPS you saw the story ping-ponging around the Internet in August: Climate-change activists want to ban dogs and…
Elections & Public Integrity
Different responses to election defeat
James Lileks offers these amusing observations in his latest “Athwart” column in National Review: The very people who hope 2017 will be better keep telling one [an]other that it can’t…
Liberty
Fidel and cognitive dissonance
James Lileks of National Review has a little fun with Fidel’s fans. Many of the eulogies suffered from a curious dissonance. Whom do we still mourn? JFK, cut down by…
Regulation
Lileks muses on the left’s tolerance for opposing views
James Lileks devotes his latest “Athwart” column in National Review to the views of Britain’s “new vegan shadow farming minister,” a woman who will assume a cabinet-level post if the…
Liberty
Tackling income inequality
James Lileks offers National Review Online readers an interesting perspective on the issue of income inequality. During his visit to the U.S., the pope will probably talk about income inequality,…
Liberty
Lileks ponders the childless
James Lileks examines for National Review Online readers a growing fascination with the challenges of the childless. When the New York Times runs a piece by someone explaining why she…
Regulation
Lileks is fed up with food police
James Lileks explores in a National Review Online column food nannies’ ridiculous interest in redesigning supermarkets. I went to a supermarket that had a big sale on cheap potato chips…
Liberty
Disagree with a liberal? You must be crazy!
James Lileks probes for National Review Online readers a popular response to dissent from liberal orthodoxy. One of the great rhetorical achievements of the Left is defining disagreement as a…
Energy
Lileks looks into the notion of making a state fossil-fuel-free
James Lileks outlines for National Review Online readers his reaction to a quote from his local newspaper: “Now is the time for Minnesota to push to become fossil-fuel free.” The…
Regulation
Lileks explores the push for development density
James Lileks elicits some chuckles from National Review Online readers because of his observations about professional planners’ present-day love of density. I drove to the office today. This makes me…