Law

…Stinging Like a Bee …Stinging Like a Bee

Anyone with first- or even secondhand knowledge of the real-life subject must have wondered what strain of myopia possessed those producing the 1991 TV miniseries Separate bu...

Jan 7, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

The Adolescent Lockup The Adolescent Lockup

Not so long ago politicians campaigned by kissing babies. Today, they lock children in jail.

Jun 19, 1997 / Bruce Shapiro

Gore Vidal

Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire

“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”

Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal

Traffic in Dope: Medical Problem Traffic in Dope: Medical Problem

The disastrous consequences of turning over to the police what is an essentially medical problem are steadily becoming more apparent' as narcotic arrests rise each year to new r...

Apr 25, 1956 / Alfred R. Lindesmith

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