By • Oct 09,2005

The frivolous president

Facing the most serious task of his tenure--making a decisive Supreme Court nomination--President George W. Bush shied away from a fight and acted with nonchalant frivolity.

By • Oct 02,2005

The consensus nominee

Today marks the start of a new term for the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the official beginning of what will be deemed “the Roberts Court,” as the new...

By • Sep 25,2005

Protesting for dummies

In celebration of this weekend’s hippie march on the National Mall, I drove to Virginia and stayed there well beyond nightfall. You may wonder why I would pass up a...

By • Sep 25,2005

When copying doesn’t violate copyright

Does copyright infringement involve creating an unauthorized copy, or accessing that copy once created? If mere copying is copyright infringement, then Google Print is illegal--and so is the Internet for...