Opinion: UK’s Voodoo Economics, Hooray for the Nanny State, Cash for Kidneys, and Other Recent Opinion Highlights

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Niall Ferguson: Gordon Brown’s Voodoo Economics
Britain’s economy is just like America’s, minus the entrepreneurs and growth. Catherine Seipp: Two Cheers for Public Service Announcements
When your daughter survives an SUV rollover on prom night without a scratch, the nanny state doesn’t seem so bad. Shira Boss: Potemkin Portfolios
Keeping up with the Joneses is sinking Americans further into debt. Editorials Housing Homeless Families
The most heartbreaking homeless problem has some of the freshest solutions. If we build it, they will ride
The Red Line could be expanded to Fairfax without local money, but only if county leaders show guts. What’s That on the Telly?
We welcome our BBC overlords. Just don’t bother us with bloody cricket. Selected Weekend Commentary: Daniel Ellsberg: Iraq’s Pentagon Papers
This unjustified war is waiting for its whistle-blower, says the leaker of Vietnam’s secret history. Geoffrey Nunberg: Democrats’ Loser Linguistics
Republicans aren’t winning because they have the best buzzwords, but because they’re fluent in politics’ ground-level language. Gregory Rodriguez: Change Fuels America’s Faithful
We are the most churchgoing Western nation because we are the least traditional. Jonathan Chait: Your Silence Is Deafening, Conservatives
Research shows tax cuts produce more government spending. Why won’t right-wingers respond? Patrick Moore: The Crystal Meth Myth
Media’s methamphetamine fixation feeds users’ glorification of the drug, says a former addict. Virginia Postrel: Cash for Kidneys
Legalizing incentives could encourage transplant donations, says a healthy donor. Meghan Daum: Eyesores of L.A.
Why does good art die while scumbag billboards thrive?