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28 Jan 2015, 3:57 pm
The hostility recently shown by some members of the New York Police Department toward Mayor Bill de Blasio seems to be a feeling in search of a socially acceptable articulation. [read post]
17 Aug 2014, 12:00 pm
In a rational world, a notion recently floated by Peter Conn in the Chronicle of Higher Education would provoke a serious debate whether to de-accredit many religious colleges and universities. [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 9:52 am
In Opinion/Commentary, Jack L.B. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 2:06 pm
Secession and the prospects of secession have been much in the news. Eastern Ukraine, ISIS, and Scotland, to name three, are areas where there have been efforts to partition out a new country from an old one, or, in the case of ISIS, from two of them. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 9:29 am
Along with most of my friends and most of the people I respect, I rejoiced in the result of the Supreme Court’s recent Obergefell decision, establishing same-sex marriage as a constitutionally protected right. Yet I realized as soon as I heard of that result, and even before reading Justice Kennedy’s opinion, that there was a ... [read post]
22 Feb 2015, 12:00 pm
I experienced a flash of indignation when I read that the European Union is planning to inflict its “right to be forgotten” rules on U.S. search engine providers. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 2:56 pm
Student discipline procedure at our nation’s colleges and universities is a disgrace that the recent controversy over how to handle rape allegations will unfortunately probably deepen. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 6:39 am
The riots were like Rohrschach ink blots, in which you could see almost any side of any issue. We’ll have to work with our confusion. But changes must be made. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 3:00 pm
The casino industry is designed around the principle that every game is openly rigged in favor of the house. Some publicly acknowledged feature designed into each game assures the casino that, over a large number of wagers, the house will consistently win more than the bettor does. The casino industry relies on people’s strange willingness ... [read post]
24 May 2016, 6:17 pm
Among the oft-touted secondary benefits of pro bono legal work is making a practitioner feel good about himself. But that feeling can be seductive and deceptive, as all forms of self-satisfaction can. And among the first things threatened are one’s critical facilities. I recently smacked up against this danger when I got partway through a ... [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 1:02 pm
There are plenty of issues in the dispute between the Justice Department and Apple over the encryption of iPhones. But the two I personally find of greatest concern have to do with human dignity: that of cellphone users and that of programmers who may at some point be subject to a court order to attempt ... [read post]
14 Sep 2014, 12:00 pm
When the Supreme Court decided U.S. v. Windsor last year and invalidated part of DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (which denied same-sex marriages federal recognition), it was clearly taking an interim step. [read post]
