by MATTHEW A. CHRISTIANSEN
In the Democratic presidential debate on November 6, 2003, the eight candidates were asked whether they had ever used marijuana. Three, including the party’s eventual nominees for president and vice president, answered yes; a fourth …

by ANNE L. ALSTOTT
Family law is full of private tragedy. Case after case pits one family member against another in a zero-sum struggle for resources. Spouses battle over limited assets; parents clash over child support; and children …

by MARCY DARNOVSKY
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was far more than an advance in scientific understanding. It famously upended traditional ways of thinking about the origins of life and the place of humanity in history and the …

by COURTNEY G. JOSLIN
Until recently, when a lesbian couple had a child through artificial insemination, only one member of the couple was considered the legal parent of the resulting child at the moment of birth. …

by KAREN KORNBLUH and RACHEL HOMER
Nine years ago, a National Review cover story proclaimed, “Thanks Mom! The Case Against Working Mothers.” During the last election, the same magazine fiercely defended Sarah Palin’s right to run for Vice …

by BRADLEY LIPTON
The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has been deemed “the most important government office you’ve never heard of” by Newsweek magazine. Indeed, the office is extraordinarily powerful, standing as the legal arbiter of …

by HOLMES ROLSTON III
Science, unaided, does not teach us what we most need to know about nature: how to value it. Ecologists may be able to tell us what our options are, what will work and what …

by CARRIE LOWRY LA SEUR and ADAM D.K. ABELKOP
There are winners and losers in the modern American farm economy. This reality is in no small part due to U.S. farm policies enacted through generations of …

by DAVID R. KATNER
As the nation faces policy challenges over juvenile delinquency and subsequent crime, one all-but-forgotten option remains as promising as ever despite its virtual absence in recent national discussions and debates: a comprehensive …

by JUDGE JAMES S. GWIN
In 2007, a jury found Daniel Sheldon guilty of two child pornography offenses. Little about Sheldon was sympathetic. In his twenties and married, Sheldon spent long hours downloading and viewing pictures …

by JUDGE MARK W. BENNETT
At a 1993 meeting of his organization Operation PUSH, on the topic of street crime, the Reverend Jesse Jackson told the audience, “‘There is nothing more painful to me at this …