U.S.
Why I Was Maced at Occupy Wall Street
I had always thought that surely cops wouldn’t hurt people without a really good reason. But they do.
Railroad Blues
The smaller Democratic clusters along the rivers and railroads are overwhelmed by their solidly Republican surroundings.
Sometimes an Amendment Is Just an Amendment
Anti-immigrant activists argue that the citizenship clause does not mean what it says. They are wrong.
Extreme Injury
Once eight countries have nuclear weapons, people everywhere on earth potentially ‘have’ them.
Me, Inc.
Even if the Supreme Court decided that corporations are in every way like persons, there might be limits on the corporate role in politics.
A Predicament Of His Own Making
Rather than dismantling Bush’s counterterrorism apparatus, Obama has in crucial respects perpetuated it.
Fixing Congress
In politics as in life, you get what you pay for. In politics today, taxpayers are hiring mediocre talent, candidates who think their job is to duck the big policy issues in order to get elected and reelected.
It Takes Two
In contrast to Loving v. Virginia, on the same-sex marriage issue the Court may have to make a decision before a national consensus emerges.
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