Legal System

Cyber Laws Obsolete, Vague: New Technology "Scares Legislators"

wsj.com | Posted 11.28.2009 | Technology


Mr. Silverglate, who will testify against the bill later this week, tells me he figures that "being emotionally distressed is just part of living in a...

Quotes of the Day from Guantánamo Bay

David Danzig | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


David Danzig

Doesn't it seem that something is fundamentally wrong with a system in which after six or seven years of holding a man in prison, the government has to ask for another four months to prepare?

The Most Progressive Movement on the Planet

Michael Strong | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


Michael Strong

What if we could apply the power of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to the problem of poverty reduction?

The Criminal (In)justice System

Saul Segan | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics


Saul Segan

Pharmacist Jerome Erslund was accosted by two gunmen in his place of business and is now being charged with murder.

Russia's Counter-Reformation

Brian Whitmore | Posted 02.07.2009 | World


Brian Whitmore

Aleksandr Podrabinek knows a creeping police state when he sees one. As a Soviet-era dissident he was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rig...