G. Tracy Mehan III

G. Tracy Mehan III is a consultant in Arlington, VA, and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law. He served as Assistant Administrator for Water at the US EPA in the administration of President George W. Bush.

In a natural state

3 Apr 2013 |

tags: conservation, ecology, environment

The notion that nature is unchanging and that man is a destroying intruder has captured the imagination of our contemporaries. But many ecologists now question it.

40 years after Roe v Wade, a deadly stalemate

22 Jan 2013 |

tags: abortion, Roe v. Wade, US Supreme Court

Despite recent state restrictions and a growth in pro-life sentiment, more than a million lives are lost to abortion each year in the US.

A portrait of the artist as a businessman

6 Nov 2012 |

tags: biography, book reviews, heroes, Steve Jobs

Did shrewdness, artistry and obsession make Steve Jobs America's greatest businessman?

Leaving something to the children

22 Nov 2011 |

tags: ageing population, inheritance

In an ageing society, the question of inheritance is complex. Cultural factors count.

The New Holy Wars

6 Sep 2011 |

tags: economics, environmentalism, religion

America's leading secular religion was once economics. Has it now become environmentalism?

Torture: do ends justify means?

9 May 2009 |

tags: torture

Former Vice-President Dick Cheney says that torture saved American lives. Is that a good enough reason for authorising it?

William F. Buckley Jr: catalyst for conservatism

29 Feb 2008 |

His sparkling wit and trenchant analysis made him an institution in American political life.

The cultural contradictions of capitalism

3 Aug 2006 |

Accounting for the fact that a culture based on self-reliance and hard work gradually turned into a culture of narcissism and mass consumption became Daniel Bell's greatest achievement. But did he have all the answers?

Swan Town

9 Jun 2006 |

tags: Shakespeare

A new children's novel about Shakespeare's daughter gives fascinating insights into Elizabethan England.