Catherine Rampell writes today in the Washington Post about Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's proposal is his state budget announcement that would require applicants for welfare, Medicaid, food stamps and unemployment benefits be tested for illegal… more »

One of the touchstones of American political and economic libertarianism is the free market. This is the one place where the contradictions inherent in America’s oxymoronic version of the social compact are on display. If you doubt this is so, please… more »