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Britain’s UFOs (Uncovered Factual Objects) Sighted

The U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act used to pry the lid off a festering document horde from Britain's own version of Project Blue Book.

Nation Not Yet Tuning in Digital Television

The digital television transition is under way, but so far it is not going smoothly. Now the presumed presidential nominees are weighing in.  

America’s Stealth Industrial Policy

Free marketers want the government off business's back, notes a University of California sociologist, but they may not realize how much of the spine is government funded.

Should the Government Make Us Happy?

In Europe and elsewhere, governments are using ideas from the new science of well-being to try to make citizens more content. Will America follow their lead?

Should the Government Make Us Happy?

In Europe and elsewhere, governments are using ideas from the new science of well-being to try to make citizens more content. Will America follow their lead?

Is the House of Representatives Too Small?

The U.S. House of Representatives has been at 435 members since 1911, when the country was a third of its current population. Research suggests that districts may now be getting too big for adequate representation.