Contributing Editor Walter Olson is senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of several books, which include: The Excuse Factory (1998) and
Reasonable Doubts: Dark Bedfellows
Postmoderns and traditionalists unite against the Enlightenment
Contributing Editor
Postmoderns and traditionalists unite against the Enlightenment
How the Swiss kept their freedom in World War II
ADA advocates show a blind spot on safety.
How federal law is killing men's college sports
Fans of activist litigation discover the other guy can sue too.
Religious accommodation and other openings for big-government conservatism
"Covenant marriage" could strengthen families. So why are traditionalists lukewarm?
Why "sued if you do, sued if you don't" is the new rule in employment law.
Robert Bork's hyperbolic assault on contemporary culture is a best-seller. But it has even his conservative allies backing away.
If you get arrested, you have the right to remain silent. But if you get sued, they have ways of making you talk.
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