Pete du Pont writes the "Outside the Box" column, which appears once a month on OpinionJournal. Mr. du Pont is chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas-based think tank.

Mr. du Pont has served as a Delaware state legislator and U.S. congressman. He was elected governor of Delaware in 1976 and re-elected in 1980. On Jan. 1, 2000, the Wilmington News Journal named Mr. du Pont one of the "100 Delawareans of the Century", citing his leadership accomplishments during his tenure as governor, particularly his efforts to reform government, cut taxes, and to make Delaware a leader in the financial-services industry. As governor he signed into law two income tax reduction measures, and balanced his state's budget eight out of eight years.

In 1988 Mr. du Pont was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and in 1996 he co-founded and served as editor of IntellectualCapital.com, one of the first public-policy e-zines.