Cornell and Consent
An open letter to young men and women from an exasperated mother.
Law
108 articles
Drink More Ovaltine
The jokes we told in a Venezuelan prison.
I Chaired Canada's Human Rights Tribunal. Here's What I Saw.
During my time chairing the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, I sometimes felt like the agent of a state-funded extortion ring.
The Murder of Henry Nowak and the Politics of Certainty
This case shows how quickly tragedy becomes raw material for those who seek to exploit it.
Never Neverland
The new Michael Jackson biopic and the campaign to whitewash the King of Pop’s reputation.
International Courts of Injustice
The politics of corruption at the ICC and ICJ.
No Place for Children
The murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby by repeat offender Jefferson Lewis has exposed the failures of Australia’s criminal justice system and Indigenous child protection policy. What will it take to make change?
A Costly Misconception
Now that glyphosate has become a national-security issue, it’s time to revisit the source of misinformation about this controversial herbicide.
The Disgrace of Tariq Ramadan
The Islamist grandson of Hasan al-Banna convinced many Western liberals that he was a moderate because he promised to bridge a divide many feared could not be crossed.
Getting Away With It
The case of Bao Phuc Cao—released without a conviction after secretly filming over 100 women in public toilets—reveals that Melbourne’s judiciary is drastically out of step with the public understanding of the purpose of criminal justice.
Collision with Reality
The Supreme Court has just invalidated Trump’s tariff agenda. But the economics were already doing that.
A History of Morality Clauses
The century-old moral panics and persecutions by Anthony Comstock and the Society for the Suppression of Vice are echoed today by cancellation campaigns from the moralistic Left and Right.