Contributing Editor Walter Olson is senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of several books, which include: The Excuse Factory (1998) and
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Reasonable Doubts: Neither Nationalist nor Socialist
How the Swiss kept their freedom in World War II
Reasonable Doubts: Kingdom of the One-Eyed
ADA advocates show a blind spot on safety.
Reasonable Doubts: Title IX from Outer Space
How federal law is killing men's college sports
Reasonable Doubts: Their Own Petard
Fans of activist litigation discover the other guy can sue too.
Reasonable Doubts: For Heaven's Sake
Religious accommodation and other openings for big-government conservatism
Reasonable Doubts: Free To Commit
"Covenant marriage" could strengthen families. So why are traditionalists lukewarm?
Occupational Hazards
Why "sued if you do, sued if you don't" is the new rule in employment law.
Judge Dread
Robert Bork's hyperbolic assault on contemporary culture is a best-seller. But it has even his conservative allies backing away.
No Secrets
If you get arrested, you have the right to remain silent. But if you get sued, they have ways of making you talk.