Terrorism
Keeping Lone Wolves from the Door
Why Congress should not renew the PATRIOT Act's "lone wolf" provision
The Paranoid Center
How the panic over right-wing violence is being used to marginalize peaceful dissent
Rationalizing Torture
When it comes to harsh interrogation methods, the ends do not justify the means
Grays of Making Them Talk
The fuzzy line between approved interrogation methods and prisoner abuse
The Race War That Isn't
Media anxieties over "lynch mobs" and "brownshirts" demonstrate a telling lack of faith in contemporary America
Lockerbie and Old Lace
What does a thumbprint at the scene of a Scottish spinster's murder have to do with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103?
The Cost of Doing Something
Declaiming the price of "inaction" is a perennial argument for big government and bad law
The ACLU's Sellout on Watch Lists
Why did the civil liberties group effectively endorse a federal program it has repeatedly criticized?