Civil Liberties
Regulating Hateful Speech Won't Stop Hateful Crimes
Glenn Miller's long trail of bigotry and violence is not an argument for censoring speech—or for spying on people who have done nothing more than say ugly things.
"Automatic Government" is Leading to an Automatic Spending Disaster
Philip K. Howard, "The Rule of Nobody," and how technocracy is strangling the future.
The Original NSA Whistleblower
Intelligence analyst William Binney's revelations preceded Edward Snowden's by more than decade. Why didn't anyone listen?
The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government
Q and A with Philip K. Howard
The IRS is Taking a Page From the NSA's Playbook and Snooping on Social Media
Looking at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts belonging to people they want to investigate.
Deputizing Everyone Doesn't Stop Terrorism, but Officials Keep Trying
We're generating an atmosphere of perpetual, low-level anxiety and excuses for official harassment.
A Conservative Defense of Brandeis University
No, Ayaan Hirsi Ali did not have her speech "suppressed."
Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech
From the Dixie Chicks to Mozilla, free speech is under fire from both right and left.
Put Cameras in the Supreme Court
Australia, Canada, and England all allow cameras in their high courts. So should the U.S.
The War on Porn Continues
Three decades after the Reagan administration crackdown, the crusade against pornography is waged online and overseas.
