What I've been reading

• The history of private enterprise in space exploration. Probably bigger than you think. 

• As the U.S. suspends deep-water oil drilling, other countries are moving ahead. 

• Matt Ridley on nature's resiliency. 

• Does government social spending crowd out private charity?

• Randal O'Toole on the government's role in public transportation. 

• John Stossel says that cutting government is hard, even when you're the president.