She-Lawyers and Other Improbable Creatures She-Lawyers and Other Improbable Creatures
We're not anxious about whether Elena Kagan is gay. We're anxious about whether she's masculine.
May 20, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Not-Black by Default Not-Black by Default
Most people who appear phenotypically "black" don't play around when the government asks them to report their race.
Apr 22, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Hidden Cost of DNA Banking The Hidden Cost of DNA Banking
"Bio-prospecting" is unreflective--and unregulated.
Apr 16, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Convergences Convergences
The cost of failing to see our common fate.
Feb 25, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Corpus Ex Machina Corpus Ex Machina
Citizens United raises the questions: why is speech the functional equivalent of money, and why are corporations considered persons?
Jan 28, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Absolutely No Excuse Absolutely No Excuse
It is manifestly barbarous that children should be tossed into jail for life.
Nov 19, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Nobel Peace Sparks War Nobel Peace Sparks War
It's peculiar, the vocabulary that makes a liability out of the Nobel Prize.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Voice of America? Voice of America?
When does a society tip from expressive speech into excessive fulmination and then into repression or violence?
Sep 23, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Reverse Nazism and the War on Universal Healthcare Reverse Nazism and the War on Universal Healthcare
What's at stake could very well be nothing less than America's own Weimar moment.
Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Mirror Man Mirror Man
Michael Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers to the pursuit of whatever Mad Hatter fancy seized him--including his made-to-order kids.
Jul 1, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams